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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  (signed and verified)

Description:
DtUser

Version:
1, 0, 0, 102

MD5:
6e1217ae5f66612415810866677a3d4a

SHA-1:
c6d1831b90c30dd9272c462fa29f9160eafb043a

SHA-256:
b748a01cc6ca7fd2cce627d2eea291c2a7ca231990f6bb8f1bca06d3d290bbc7

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 7:45:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearc.Installer (M)
16.7.6.20

File size:
2.6 MB (2,744,272 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 102

Copyright:
© 2010-2013 IAC Search and Media

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\movies toolbar\datamngr\srtool~2\ie\dtuser.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/11/2012 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:
3444D7AA32B4D542D3C80027404D5CD6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/16/2013 4:58:29 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NWAsEa60NGXSF3ZK2OqTebzA7SQF/nIJTS4jTrwtZ:NWAsEL0eSFQZvVQZnIJTSYTrwn

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:
movies toolbar (dist. by bandoo media, inc.) dtx broker


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