gasglancesetup2.5.14.85.pd^jt^xdm003^yya^us.ckumwyy-ul8cfqpmmgoduhmacg.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (GasGlance/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 gasglancesetup2.5.14.85.pd^jt^xdm003^yya^us.ckumwyy-ul8cfqpmmgoduhmacg.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. This is a setup program which is used to install the application.
Publisher:
GasGlance  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
GasGlance

Version:
2, 0, 5, 6

MD5:
8264a8e25da08c6579f8b28c5c4ee826

SHA-1:
ffb66f5cf829cc29897830d3ebeb3cbaa88fa338

SHA-256:
83892f25f43928e50d78b1b3adee5fa0df8537725dd401c3fb2f73d28d74eb85

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:
4/24/2024 11:18:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
16.1.29.10

File size:
5.9 MB (6,216,064 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 5, 6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009 - 2014

Original file name:
5iSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\gasglancesetup2.5.14.85.pd^jt^xdm003^yya^us.ckumwyy-ul8cfqpmmgoduhmacg.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 4:59:59 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:
3/13/2014 1:23:34 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:bTjiwyEhKs/W0cODgCTU5wf+lttxOtthh60QJYi+jC+ALyUOlYJSpK8cGIGSk:bTjKEhlcATU5wWlpy69D+j5EOaWrjSk

Entry address:
0x4413

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 10, 51, 40, 00, A3, B4, 8E, 40, 00, FF, 15, 98, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 94, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 70, 51, 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, 90, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.9844

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

The file gasglancesetup2.5.14.85.pd^jt^xdm003^yya^us.ckumwyy-ul8cfqpmmgoduhmacg.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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)