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asktoolbarremover.exe

APN LLC

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 asktoolbarremover.exe, “Utility to cleanup the toolbar when uninstall fails” by APN 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 file has been seen being downloaded from apnmedia.ask.com.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed by APN LLC)

Description:
Utility to cleanup the toolbar when uninstall fails

Version:
1.0.2.0

MD5:
d9a114036813ac70c44ae8f9682e2bab

SHA-1:
c52f559ff00f16e9c45997579d423b27884141cc

SHA-256:
6c0ea68657f5702629dcb7a68c2a57f3756cab0281ec051e0dce4c1e2d43975f

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:
4/23/2024 9:07:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Toolbar.APN.R
14.8.7.21

File size:
269.6 KB (276,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.0

Copyright:
Copyright: APN LLC (c). All rights reserved.

Original file name:
ToolbarUtilityTool.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/15/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=APN LLC, 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:
27EAB3DE0B03D88D5C4A2AE477B84DFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/7/2013 11:09:17 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/JDCfzeguyg/Q014FNP9fiqhlopJHL0LKqtCF1sFBi025oIFycDE1y3nirB:/5ycQ0oNP9f5hWpJHL0LKqtu1ifIgTF

Entry address:
0x141BA

Entry point:
E8, D6, 63, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 54, 5D, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 58, 64, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 3C, D7, 42, 00, E8, 50, 65, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, A8, 14, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 97, 65, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D...
 
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Entropy:
6.1477

Code size:
164.5 KB (168,448 bytes)

The file asktoolbarremover.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://apnmedia.ask.com/media/toolbar/.../ToolbarRemover.exe

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