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AskInstaller.exe

Offercast - APN Install Manager

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 file AskInstaller.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 Offercast APN Install Manager installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
2.8.0.2

MD5:
254d22fabaecea74e1c20ee0c4c5e6d3

SHA-1:
fc349d0ed5a691eeaac60669fbe87989be4386c2

SHA-256:
f1c47d908014a4532a7a9c2ceb2b07da53ca3332fc7f01213b903a31dcb080d8

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
This is the APN Offercast install manager which will offer the user to opt-out of installing the Ask.com Toolbar as part of the setup routine.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:51:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0115

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9662

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2014.04.25.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.K
14.8.8.2

File size:
990.9 KB (1,014,704 bytes)

Product version:
2.8.0.2

Copyright:
2010 (c) Ask.com. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
AskInstaller.exe

Installer:
Offercast APN Install Manager

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\msi204c.tmp

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:
6/6/2013 1:25:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WcEnMrtFER9XnHfvHzEtts01u7SVTrwgYUrN8oRZYkCp:W6sRVnXzEtts01u+VT7YcNEkCp

Entry address:
0x74983

Entry point:
E8, 88, EE, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 34, 85, 49, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, D4, 72, 49, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, A8, 9C, 4B, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, AC...
 
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Entropy:
6.7066

Code size:
598 KB (612,352 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.36.100.103.df.iacapn.com  (199.36.100.103:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-94-4-98.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.94.4.98:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-63-111-12.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.63.111.12:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-93-237-224.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.93.237.224:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a173-222-71-49.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (173.222.71.49:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-198-180-225.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.180.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-35-214-217.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.35.214.217:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-211-100-157.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.211.100.157:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-13-20-31.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.13.20.31:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-87-20-201.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.87.20.201:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-219-134-82.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.219.134.82:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-236.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.236:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-122-88-158.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.88.158:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-58-155-83.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.58.155.83:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-49-40-55.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.49.40.55:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-35-36-201.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.35.36.201:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-220-68-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.220.68.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-213-197-225.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.213.197.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-210-3-101.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.210.3.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-197-230-146.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.197.230.146:80)

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