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apntoolbarinstaller.exe

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 apntoolbarinstaller.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Ask Toolbar Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
680f1cb64d961c178b0f020bdbc79cf2

SHA-1:
3137b7f00025f14ae98639344d4fd1811d241e5a

SHA-256:
483bf4ae254a2842e96fe8340891aaf10e115c85dee4a94cb5c64d32c7ee6c7e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:58:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.2.9.21

File size:
3.3 MB (3,486,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Ask Toolbar Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\apntoolbarinstaller.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:
5/17/2011 10:32:06 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:JK5Mydu6DDYKEgiQr4QXc0QXcoMGNAl7o32:JK5MuHCqrnMzMoLGl7oG

Entry address:
0x1C6EF

Entry point:
00, 4A, 00, 4B, 00, 4C, 00, 4D, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 4E, 00, 4F, 00, 05, 00, 50, 00, 51, 00, 10, 00, 11, 00, 12, 00, 52, 00, 53, 00, 54, 00, 55, 00, 56, 00, 57, 00, 58, 00, 59, 00, 5A, 00, 5B, 00, 5C, 00, 13, 00, 01, 00, 06, 00, 5D, 00, 5E, 00, 5F, 00, 60, 00, 61, 00, 14, 00, 62, 00, 63, 00, 64, 00, 65, 00, 66, 00, 67, 00, 68, 00, 69, 00, 6A, 00, 6B, 00, 6C, 00, 6D, 00, 6E, 00, 6F, 00, 70, 00, 71, 00, 72, 00, 73, 00, 74, 00, 75, 00, 76, 00, 03, 00, 77, 00, 79, 00, 78, 00, 7A, 00, 7B, 00, 6D, 73, 63, 6F, 72...
 
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Entropy:
7.4732

Code size:
201.5 KB (206,336 bytes)

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