» apntoolbarinstaller.exe
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apntoolbarinstaller.exe

Ask Toolbar

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, “Wrapper Application” by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Ask Toolbar Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.

File name:

Publisher:

Ask (signed by Ask.com)

Product:

Ask Toolbar

Description:

Wrapper Application

Version:

1.15.12.0

MD5:

b4a2713a4d6274c4c745cb480dd8538c

SHA-1:

75bdbf88ce261b000cd069ab1a4d71c929bab20f

SHA-256:

73b91232849c1b5645c16dc0c68bf7a8bd536bed4d18954ffa340f2f4b8387b8

Scanner detections:

7 / 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:

4/26/2024 10:04:11 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3343

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.Agent

4.0.3.14922

Dr.Web

Trojan.Crossrider.27621

9.0.1.0265

ESET NOD32

Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)

7.9165

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.CrossRider

v2014.09.22.05

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Toolbar.Ask.T

14.8.8.2

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

3.8 MB (3,954,376 bytes)

Product version:

1.15.12.0

Original file name:

wrapper.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Ask Toolbar Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\apntoolbarinstaller.exe

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:

12/6/2012 7:48:32 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:QXHX2fjDYKEgZsgsocb/ihuX7h0GUKPKF3U:QXHmfjCisgOAGUKPAk

Entry address:

0x1E83C

Entry point:

E8, FF, B2, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, 38, 8A, 44, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, C6, B3, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, C4, E9, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.7056 (probably packed)

Code size:

210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

The file apntoolbarinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://apnmedia.ask.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/apnpartners/.../ApnToolbarInstaller.exe

http://apnmedia.ask.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/.../askToolbarInstaller-1.15.12.0.exe

http://apnmedia.ask.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/apnpartners/.../ApnToolbarInstaller.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 199.36.102.106.df.iacapn.com (199.36.102.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-58-69-240.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.58.69.240:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-50-197-9.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.50.197.9:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a104-121-50-131.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (104.121.50.131:80)

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