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DesktopSdk.dll

DesktopSdk

Mindspark Interactive Network

This library is part of the Mindspark toolbar which uses the Ask.com search property to install a web browser extension and modify the browser's search, home and new tab features in order to redirect web searches to the IAC property. The module DesktopSdk.dll by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Elite Unzip by Mindspark Interactive Network which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

DesktopSdk.dll

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

DesktopSdk

Version:

1.0.8161.280

MD5:

7f489bdc699271132892e8eb9b6646bf

SHA-1:

0a0a392c721f233071183044fc9fb2e49b7442db

SHA-256:

cd458c1bd8dff970bbde43de1856e839f7bb27cb99282779172a430aed126000

Scanner detections:

6 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Part of the MyWebSearch/Mindspark/Ask web browser extension and toolbar.

Analysis date:

4/20/2024 2:17:12 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

avast!

Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]

141119-1

AVG

Potentially harmful program MyWebSearch

2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch

4.0.3.141124

G Data

Win32.Adware.Mindspark

14.11.24

Reason Heuristics

PUP.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.K

14.11.24.15

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.200876

35088

File size:

194.8 KB (199,520 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.8161.280

Trademarks:

Original file name:

DesktopSdk.dll

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\eliteunzip\desktopsdk.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/9/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/6/2015 4:59:59 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 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:

11/20/2014 8:09:02 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:3KmZU1i8Y10TKAXalWLJRYzekLBzVgTtn4bc1dKv8mhWIFbQNUbCONXHeWilkC+7:3dGA1KXalWd4zrUmL6UCi+vwIy

Entry address:

0x2FD8A

Entry point:

FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, F0, 02, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 8C, 3D... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8722

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

183.5 KB (187,904 bytes)

The file DesktopSdk.dll has been discovered within the following programs.

Elite Unzip by Mindspark Interactive Network

Publisher's description - “The Toolbar, in the course of processing a given search query, sends a request to our servers.”

www.mindspark.com

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