» couponalertsetup2.3.99.33.cdman000.exe
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couponalertsetup2.3.99.33.cdman000.exe

Coupon Alert

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (CouponAlert/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 couponalertsetup2.3.99.33.cdman000.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:

CouponAlert (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

Coupon Alert

Version:

2, 0, 0, 12

MD5:

f262b3b49c0e234a2c1bca93bb129399

SHA-1:

40596fe8b1dfe4616d51c25b6af22d5af71f9640

SHA-256:

c9cdd5aa5c05d45a41e089bb7c821310afc680ab76f4a4297428cf37eaa8f61c

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 11:15:11 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.3.1.10

File size:

2.2 MB (2,275,256 bytes)

Product version:

2, 0, 0, 12

Original file name:

2pSetup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/30/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/6/2012 7:59:59 PM

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 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:

41730EB0E6D92A476E16628A0DBEFB36

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/2/2011 2:13:33 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

Entry address:

0x35B9

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, FC, 50, 40, 00, A3, 24, 6C, 40, 00, FF, 15, 90, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 8C, 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, 88, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.6378

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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