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askbarsetup.exe

Ask Toolbar

Pandora Corp

The application askbarsetup.exe, “Ask Toolbar Setup ” by Pandora Corp 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 Inno Setup installer.
Publisher:
Ask.com   (signed by Pandora Corp)

Product:
Ask Toolbar

Description:
Ask Toolbar Setup

MD5:
cf256148dd23dc9dc25a9a1fb7fbe744

SHA-1:
dd5fa9cfda90a0927149c61fbdad7b0b2c06c014

SHA-256:
09455e2aabc75ee93c85aff51df9ecda172abf34ade2c2db11bc79c9eded35e8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:07:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Toolbar.Installer.Meta (M)
16.1.14.22

File size:
737.5 KB (755,232 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\askbarsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pandora Corp

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2008 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/8/2009 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Pandora Corp, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pandora Corp, S=Nevada, 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:
0ACF71615F1F75854906D92ABFDACD4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:82UtzMMsqhsTwHF3j5yHTOkvpwrnb2w4xgTdD7/3Z7cHuyeYDFs:82UteqNF3j5ytvmnb2X2TFb3ZlyZG

Entry address:
0x9A58

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 6E, 96, FF, FF, E8, 75, A8, FF, FF, E8, A0, CA, FF, FF, E8, E7, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 0B, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, D4, A0, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, AC, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 1F, 97, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9717

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36.5 KB (37,376 bytes)

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