dezippersetup.exe

Dezipper

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/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 dezippersetup.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. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

Product:
Dezipper

Description:
Dezipper Setup

Version:
1.2.0.464

MD5:
d0f556d8ff6f25dbee7e7ceab39da614

SHA-1:
b6489f69258458b67e1148a9a990e745b02ec08d

SHA-256:
20952452eb7c4e20fd533b7248878e485f5447425a241233b16ae93346f31f2b

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/18/2025 11:19:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.Bundler (M)
16.4.2.2

File size:
4.4 MB (4,619,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.464

Copyright:
© 2016 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
suf_launch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Mindspark Custom Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\dezippersetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/20/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2018 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2013 8:10:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:xhIm0gDHMxJJd6uxcn4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjRjD4jMKN1UL:DImhC36uGCgev1ktnAD4pN1E

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9222  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file dezippersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://ak.dl.dezipper.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/Dezipper/1458069374723/.../DezipperSetup.Dezipper_dy.bhofadponfiibfglbeaobfkdihophbkp.ch.exe

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