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ffcrowdstartoolbarinstaller_cds_tbr_1.8.1.0.exe

Ask Toolbar

Ask.com

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 ffcrowdstartoolbarinstaller_cds_tbr_1.8.1.0.exe, “Ask Toolbar Setup ” by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ask Toolbar

Description:
Ask Toolbar Setup

MD5:
bc4d1e10226dea86ffb4676fbdcef044

SHA-1:
fcf889529a5abf7e194515222e87428bac5020ce

SHA-256:
2efb28069230c4a907ebb48999a7667fcf4e8b54f8ee53a381fc4337f5918285

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:18:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9572

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.i
14.8.8.2

File size:
2.4 MB (2,475,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ffcrowdstartoolbarinstaller_cds_tbr_1.8.1.0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2008 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2011 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:T2KT52BW9EM8mWlNXfTA0ZZCtxh0q/Pa2deePBHZgMH5vz8GY:a855SM8mwX7A0XCtzvdeePtZgizLY

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, EC, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, EC, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9902

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file ffcrowdstartoolbarinstaller_cds_tbr_1.8.1.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://media.ask.com/media/toolbar/supertoolbar/profile-ask/.../IECrowdstarToolbarInstaller_CDS_tbr_sa_1.8.1.0.exe

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