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EasyDocMerge

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./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 easydocmerge.42cff19d519a493b86ab8b9387cd23df.exe, “EasyDocMerge Setup” 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
EasyDocMerge

Description:
EasyDocMerge Setup

Version:
2.7.1.1000

MD5:
434428a48015ee4e02653882a84b437e

SHA-1:
c1eed144d5fa160ca0d640232e228c7c77e81d33

SHA-256:
1aa48b4427bad82656713fa78affb76897a4cfd76bf57e2d39b165cac8756ee7

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 3:21:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.2.8.23

File size:
365.9 KB (374,704 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.1.1000

Copyright:
© 2015 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\easydocmerge.42cff19d519a493b86ab8b9387cd23df.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 4:59:59 PM

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:
12/24/2013 9:01:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3229

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9142

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file easydocmerge.42cff19d519a493b86ab8b9387cd23df.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/224301632.S19888.1/nsis/705121-S19888.1/170110120720980/.../EasyDocMerge.d84581d5772b421fa791fa3c4a794be3.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/224301632.S19888.1/nsis/705121-S19888.1/170110120720980/.../EasyDocMerge.f3ca9f3aef384d3485c04aca2b56d76a.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/224301632.S19888.1/nsis/705121-S19888.1/170110120720980/.../EasyDocMerge.d3ecbf6bd8e1472ab9f2a341dcf6ebc9.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/224301632.S19888.1/nsis/705121-S19888.1/170110120720980/.../EasyDocMerge.d3c78585a10640fd978b95d496165517.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/224301632.S19888.1/nsis/705121-S19888.1/170110120720980/.../EasyDocMerge.0bbfd45031f046228311d798fd18003b.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 74.113.237.180.lv.iaccap.com  (74.113.237.180:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 74.113.235.138.dub.iaccap.com  (74.113.235.138:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74.113.233.192.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.192:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 74.113.233.180.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.180:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-54-235-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.54.235.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-51-123-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.51.123.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-171-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.171.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-54-91-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.54.91.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-49-139-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.49.139.27:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-45-229-72.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.229.72:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-43-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.43.75.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-42-11-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.42.11.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-4-187-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.4.187.27:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-205-211-95.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.205.211.95:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-201-78-3.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.201.78.3:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a104-82-93-2.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.82.93.2:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a104-127-35-32.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.127.35.32:443)

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