» asktoolbarinstaller-1.5.0.0.exe
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asktoolbarinstaller-1.5.0.0.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 asktoolbarinstaller-1.5.0.0.exe, “wrapper Application” by Ask.com 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Ask.com (signed by Ask.com)

Product:

Ask Toolbar

Description:

wrapper Application

Version:

15, 0, 0, 498

MD5:

f20835168a99e7b1f051baafb0c5a1c3

SHA-1:

461e53e6f68a4082b0c28780c2e467edfb7ccbf9

SHA-256:

9639ee4d3b9c2ed5fd82aba3485c202d95394e2ae3f87a996aa2927172fbc4b7

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:

4/25/2024 12:09:15 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask (M)

17.3.13.3

File size:

2.2 MB (2,288,463 bytes)

Product version:

1.5.0.0

Original file name:

wrapper.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

APN Stub

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\asktoolbarinstaller-1.5.0.0.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/17/2008 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/18/2011 5:59:59 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 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:

286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/11/2009 6:29:36 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

Entry address:

0x1BCB

Entry point:

E9, 34, 3F, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, E8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, E4, BD, 40, 00, 89, 15, E0, BD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, DC, BD, 40, 00, 89, 35, D8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 3D, D4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 00, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, F4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, D0, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, CC, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, C8, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, C4, BD, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, F8, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, EC, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, F0, BD, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, FC, BD, 40... 
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Entropy:

7.8203

Packer / compiler:

Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:

28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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