fromdoctopdf.58ae840368694f4b99e3ddef29a0792f.exe

FromDocToPDF

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 fromdoctopdf.58ae840368694f4b99e3ddef29a0792f.exe, “FromDocToPDF 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:
FromDocToPDF

Description:
FromDocToPDF Setup

Version:
3.3.0.3

MD5:
fd3593211bacb381374a16e344e8f66e

SHA-1:
1c5fd8aa80fc1877222110eb393894e08468a37b

SHA-256:
de5e1bfae24f372007dab3f408788aa103a11a93348819c2c02ec46808e7aee5

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:
4/18/2024 10:36:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
16.1.28.23

File size:
347.8 KB (356,192 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0.3

Copyright:
© 2015 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. Tous droits réservés. Une société IAC.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. Tous droits réservés. Une société IAC.

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}\fromdoctopdf.58ae840368694f4b99e3ddef29a0792f.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/20/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2018 1:59:59 AM

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:
12/25/2013 6:01:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:xbUTp1lzDuR9BM+eB6KEzRa3pPBjuICxX6Vg+vynXh45Te:xIVzs9ccbRSCxX62+qXgTe

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file fromdoctopdf.58ae840368694f4b99e3ddef29a0792f.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.