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apnic.dll

AskIC Dynamic Link Library

Ask.com

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The module apnic.dll by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Quick Media Converter by Cocoon Software. This version of the file will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

apnic.dll

Publisher:

Ask.com (signed and verified)

Product:

AskIC Dynamic Link Library

Version:

5.1.0.0

MD5:

ed92900bf225e26a4e54c2c14fa1424f

SHA-1:

e32aa2e78d2c8f0e9316080e71a714befe851e6c

SHA-256:

b284311140c80784af8f5b01550b0d7eb4b0d64cf2037800cc284856c1ff4740

Scanner detections:

3 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

5/8/2024 5:33:00 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)

7.9290

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask.F

14.8.8.2

XVirus List

Win32.Detected

2.8.8

File size:

240.7 KB (246,440 bytes)

Product version:

5.1.0.0

Original file name:

AskIC.dll

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\apnic.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/20/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/19/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

0965F2AC7236C7E1BDCA44ED139B273A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/9/2011 12:36:26 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:pJ+Mz0fYrZiMVpqgQGF4nkpo/kVv6WNJHD9Koeajs0o2XhixrMIyxUkvsWfmbh:pUMz8nMVp+GokO/kt9KoTqxrMXEwa

Entry address:

0x17D2C

Entry point:

8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, B0, A3, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, 12, 83, E8, 08, 81, 38, DD, DD, 00, 00, 75, 07, 50, E8, 27, C8, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, A1, 20, 78, 03, 10, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 1D, 2C, 90, 03, 10, 75, 38, 53, 53, 33, FF, 47, 57, 68, 84, 00, 03, 10, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, B0, C1, 02, 10, 85, C0, 74, 08, 89... 
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Entropy:

6.5348

Code size:

170.5 KB (174,592 bytes)

The file apnic.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Quick Media Converter by Cocoon Software

Quick Media Converter includes a branded version of the Ask.com Toolbar, a web browser extenstion that provides search advertising and results. Upon installation the user is presented with the option to install the Ask toolbar.

www.cocoonsoftware.com

About 9% of users remove it

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