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dtuser.exe

IAC Search and Media

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. 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.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media, Inc.  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Description:
DtUser

Version:
1, 0, 0, 102

MD5:
587045965676beccb528f5ea8bfe1dd9

SHA-1:
cf4cfb356ff783ba9a3e9954ebdcf52df10783cf

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 10:20:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.1.8.9

File size:
495.9 KB (507,808 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 102

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 3:29:59 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 2:54:52 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

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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Entropy:
6.9312

Code size:
306.5 KB (313,856 bytes)

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


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