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dtuser.exe

IAC Search and Media

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. The application dtuser.exe by IAC Search and Media 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 APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media, Inc.  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Description:
DtUser

Version:
1, 0, 0, 102

MD5:
5934a084c50f05b8449bbf6ac0b6a7cf

SHA-1:
496d044c7a9a8b38cc2a864583d506524bd7ea60

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 12:56:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Installer (M)
16.1.6.1

File size:
495.9 KB (507,776 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 102

Copyright:
© 2010-2013 IAC Search and Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\music app\datamngr\srtool~1\ie\dtuser.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IAC Search and Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IAC Search and Media, 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:
5367F5135FCC8B151C3E3EE4BEFD1DFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/11/2014 5:24:52 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8WAsEa60NGXSF3ZK2OqTebzA7SQF/nITTozjTrwTZM:8WAsEL0eSFQZvVQZnITTofTrwtM

Entry address:
0x1D47D

Entry point:
E8, 17, 86, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 8B, 07, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, FF, 86, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, C8, 97, 45, 00, E8, 7B, 86, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B8, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, 52, 88, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, E8, A1, 87, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08...
 
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Code size:
306.5 KB (313,856 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
C:\Program Files\Music App\Datamngr\SRTOOL~1\IE\dtuser.exe


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