» audiotoaudiosetup2.5.15.8.^ayz^man000^yya^.exe
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audiotoaudiosetup2.5.15.8.^ayz^man000^yya^.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (AudioToAudio/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application audiotoaudiosetup2.5.15.8.^ayz^man000^yya^.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address anx.mindspark.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

AudioToAudio (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

AudioToAudio

Version:

2, 0, 5, 6

MD5:

db24d4673f75e34c5a07ed9fed9e6f29

SHA-1:

edf64eb4a5d72423d016a84869e50ab07cfb2d8b

SHA-256:

38758b045841685fd3175f75734a855bdfb9f7ffb5be6ee8e9c17664bb3f11c3

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:

4/19/2024 8:48:46 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)

16.2.15.16

File size:

5.7 MB (5,970,304 bytes)

Product version:

2, 0, 5, 6

Original file name:

8iSetup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\audiotoaudiosetup2.5.15.8.^ayz^man000^yya^.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/10/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/7/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:

098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/31/2014 7:00:08 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:DoJGtdHwxxiObinqFQppdTBsW7wkIzqHSky0o0Gtb1rgM8uY8u:kEtyfiOunqo0Ewr6Sl0o9bCM8P8u

Entry address:

0x3E59

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 00, 51, 40, 00, A3, 14, 8B, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 64, 51, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 84, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

16 KB (16,384 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to www187.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to anx.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

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