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askpartnercobrandingtool.exe

Partner Cobranding

IAC Search and Media

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application askpartnercobrandingtool.exe, “Search-Results Toolbar Partner Cobranding” by IAC Search and Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Search-Results  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Partner Cobranding

Description:
Search-Results Toolbar Partner Cobranding

Version:
5.9.1.0

MD5:
1a9515484af104872c911095e3d9df58

SHA-1:
64ee40e187d35bc653f91d492ba4912d98cc5465

SHA-256:
2227d40503749d91139c816786fd6d5f2add99d9e809406b6c10a111b855928b

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:
4/18/2024 5:00:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Toolbar (M)
16.3.7.15

File size:
223.5 KB (228,840 bytes)

Product version:
5.9.1.0

Copyright:
(c) Search-Results 2009. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
SRPartnerCobrandingTool

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2009 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IAC Search and Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IAC Search and Media, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
596DF135D6540E700E84211A065D9C98

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/28/2010 11:11:51 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5UUiJRQm8YxMB1Bp6PqLn3b+bpISpUW7vL:5oj8uMtsCTb+b/17vL

Entry address:
0xEB05

Entry point:
E8, 79, 87, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 57, FF, 35, B8, D7, 42, 00, E8, 10, 42, 00, 00, FF, 35, B4, D7, 42, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, FC, E8, 00, 42, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 3B, F7, 0F, 82, 83, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DE, 2B, DF, 8D, 43, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 77, 57, E8, C8, 87, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 43, 04, 59, 3B, F8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F8, 73, 02, 8B, C7, 03, C7, 3B, C7, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, 24, 2D, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 47, 10, 3B, C7, 72, 40, 50, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.6165

Code size:
137.5 KB (140,800 bytes)

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