eliteunzipsetup.exe

EliteUnzip

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 eliteunzipsetup.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

Product:
EliteUnzip

Description:
EliteUnzip Setup

Version:
1.0.0.2

MD5:
72654459bca4124a0e80206d9a4e2a22

SHA-1:
2f8a061a04fd620aeb2d2638b4c855b7908a884d

SHA-256:
055adcc0ca5ffa7bf946466bb154cd5725ad44d778faaa5655c3a6906cc90e4e

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:48:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-140328

AVG
Zango
2015.0.3521

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.P
14.8.8.2

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0317
7.2.87

VIPRE Antivirus
27748

File size:
5.7 MB (5,959,568 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
© 2014 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ 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}\downloads\eliteunzipsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2013 4:10:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:LhIm0gDHMxJ7d6uxct9J4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjJiS4jO4fVpe/x+r6Vt1eCjGt2B:lImhCB6uGLkgev1ktnlFfVpev31eCsw

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
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Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file eliteunzipsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://help.eliteunzip.com/EliteUnzipSetup-1.0.0.0.exe

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