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askpopup.exe

IAC Search and Media

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 askpopup.exe 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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f35491739378bf9d85facad55d9046c3

SHA-1:
2f6862732177fafe6bfcaf8319a1434b419f3f43

SHA-256:
3b15c69cad4272f288e18c17e920e7c95fb24126747dfc0c45bb62e26ca182e0

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:
4/26/2024 6:12:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearc.Installer (M)
16.5.5.6

File size:
49.5 KB (50,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
10/20/2012 8:59:59 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:
2/5/2009 1:16:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:5qnnuJSdAIdRYfBgWyPJEEo1AhLMbCgtz:UQaefmvoehcCgx

Entry address:
0x2508

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, D8, 70, 40, 00, 68, 58, 35, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 50, 70, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 90, A5, 40, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 8C, A5, 40, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 88, A5, 40, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 84, A5, 40, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, FD, 19, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, C8, 16, 00, 00, FF, 15, 4C, 70, 40, 00, A3, A8, AA, 40, 00, E8...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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