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AviraBrowserSecurity.exe

AviraBrowserSecurity

Ask.com

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 AviraBrowserSecurity.exe 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.
Publisher:
APN LLC.  (signed by Ask.com)

Product:
AviraBrowserSecurity

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
91bfaba2630263812e96280160656bc7

SHA-1:
2efd4a3263c5a6af4759def9654faa5e760986ae

SHA-256:
29a72eec6a77320f847a2e9ac3defe361d2ac6ad87d26ff3a87d69a0d4dc82d1

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 8:56:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.APN (M)
16.1.13.16

File size:
226.4 KB (231,864 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 1

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

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

Original file name:
AviraBrowserSecurity.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\avirabrowsersecurity.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 12:59:59 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 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:
0E92120309E5E292CD4FFE132C48D3D8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/31/2014 7:04:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Lh+lgXMame9qudiKWQbzwom7zlv+3LCzmdLoHymNj5N4dd5U48bP:FVXMameMucdQbkJk3LZdUz/f4Q

Entry address:
0xF2C8

Entry point:
E8, 08, 7B, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 10, 68, 18, BF, 42, 00, E8, 5E, 09, 00, 00, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 75, 0E, FF, 75, 0C, E8, B7, F9, FF, FF, 59, E9, CC, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 53, E8, 28, FB, FF, FF, 59, E9, B7, 01, 00, 00, 83, 3D, 40, 3F, 43, 00, 03, 0F, 85, 93, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 89, 7D, E4, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, 8A, 01, 00, 00, 6A, 04, E8, 16, 60, 00, 00, 59, 89, 7D, FC, 53, E8, 3F, 60, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E0, 3B, C7, 0F, 84, 9E, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 35, 4C, 3F, 43, 00, 77, 49, 56, 53...
 
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Entropy:
6.1830

Code size:
143.5 KB (146,944 bytes)

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