» filmfanaticsetup2.3.91.2.z1fox000.exe
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filmfanaticsetup2.3.91.2.z1fox000.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (FilmFanatic/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 filmfanaticsetup2.3.91.2.z1fox000.exe 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address anx.mindspark.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

FilmFanatic (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

FilmFanatic

Version:

2, 0, 0, 12

MD5:

b7c93ec22dd6e99de0ebe88dec37767e

SHA-1:

6013bfc87548f83bb00f4a3b2475877870728fb0

SHA-256:

de7d761ff439708976e8dd5708b9caec7150e5b929529d9c32174b06a6a2f77e

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:

4/25/2024 5:24:08 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)

16.2.15.5

File size:

1.6 MB (1,689,528 bytes)

Product version:

2, 0, 0, 12

Original file name:

paSetup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/31/2010 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/7/2012 7:59:59 AM

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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

41730EB0E6D92A476E16628A0DBEFB36

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/12/2011 9:51:29 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:9/Xf6amgR0vWXqV5UZeF4SHFezG8MHloGjCEQgWwYwDGsOoUBOH1J6AfYyCoSAA3:YgQWXqV75ei8ZG/WwYBLOL8yCo1LFNg

Entry address:

0x3332

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, F8, 40, 40, 00, A3, FC, 5A, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 40, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 40, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 60, 41, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 84, 40, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.7854

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

12 KB (12,288 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to www187.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to anx.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

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