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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 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Ask Toolbar Setup installer. This file is typically installed with the program Free RAR Extract Frog by Philipp Winterberg. 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:

1.15.2.0

MD5:

53716a0d96028e00337f91f487d2e23f

SHA-1:

e6780335051ad88c6dd7db7f7412071baf123437

SHA-256:

c50c4dcf5bf41e9144c516e10eb92dd90d6c14fa0867d8a399f905bfdda45ac7

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:

4/23/2024 5:47:46 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.Agent

4.0.3.1514

ESET NOD32

Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)

7.9165

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Toolbar.Ask.T

14.8.8.2

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

3.8 MB (3,944,104 bytes)

Product version:

1.15.2.0

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:

6/19/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2014 7:59:59 PM

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:

5/4/2012 6:43:51 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:D6p2UfjDYKEgZoUck4FQ0URuclAGCCo7DcMCDN4+/aTTA:DuNfjCiJck4JU/hWCvaI

Entry address:

0x1E301

Entry point:

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Entropy:

7.7051 (probably packed)

Code size:

209 KB (214,016 bytes)

The file apntoolbarinstaller.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Free RAR Extract Frog by Philipp Winterberg

Publisher's description - “Free RAR Extract Frog is a skinable extraction tool for RAR-archives that supports spanned archives as well as the decompression of password protected files. Start the extraction of a RAR file by drag 'n' drop, double click or shell integrated context menu.”

www.philipp-winterberg.com

About 6% of users remove it

The file apntoolbarinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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

http://javadl-esd.sun.com/update/sponsors/.../ApnToolbarInstaller.exe

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