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apnstub.exe

AskStub Application

Ask.com

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. The application apnstub.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
AskStub Application

Version:
4.0.0.0

MD5:
fae8cfd1cfe6707f647d5a4303352afb

SHA-1:
1fb1347c1fefd4998dc6facf1d4c9e3da0dbcb96

SHA-256:
06a9fcc3cb44bf25f9ee81c927cbf6b399b9ff383194dd1626b1dcb8019ff031

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:35:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader7.16675
9.0.1.040

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
10.8488

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.2.9.3

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
139.9 KB (143,240 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Ask 2010

Original file name:
AskStub.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\arcsoft\installtemp\ht32816\apnstub.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2008 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 1:59:59 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/3/2011 10:01:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:AchfXbup04LnomgmlgV5sUjbW/+lt5qqqqqqqqqqqqBYFpbO:FPbue4LP+V5f6U7qqqqqqqqqqqqH

Entry address:
0x4448

Entry point:
E8, A9, 39, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 08, B4, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 04, B4, 41, 00, 89, 15, 00, B4, 41, 00, 89, 1D, FC, B3, 41, 00, 89, 35, F8, B3, 41, 00, 89, 3D, F4, B3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 20, B4, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 14, B4, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, F0, B3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, EC, B3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, E8, B3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, E4, B3, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 18, B4, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 0C, B4, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 10, B4, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 1C, B4, 41...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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