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GenericAskToolbar.dll

Toolbar

IAC Search and Media

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The module GenericAskToolbar.dll by IAC Search and Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Qbyrd Toolbar BHO’.
Publisher:
Qbyrd  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Toolbar

Description:
Qbyrd Toolbar

Version:
5.9.0.12758

MD5:
f50e98aa3306c525b91eca857c8af1e3

SHA-1:
0ed3a76e8772804e743dd5c3dce4f5dae6a11b5f

SHA-256:
ce7d1a2cdafb0b0b30e382f1b79b15fc3420fc493b82a2d78b9bfb87bb43c375

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:
4/26/2024 12:08:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.9.3.7

File size:
1.4 MB (1,424,336 bytes)

Product version:
5.9.0.12758

Copyright:
(c) Qbyrd. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
GenericAskToolbar.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\genericasktoolbar.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2009 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IAC Search and Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IAC Search and Media, L=Oakland, S=California, 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:
596DF135D6540E700E84211A065D9C98

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/1/2010 1:15:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:fuqzdU5zziTElCyUwk2l403DLnLA9vJ4QPiG0RhtfRjE44WBZLVC+TYZBExkhaOp:fuydozja2Hax3qGOLRjbbLLVC+TYZBYk

Entry address:
0xB460F

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EB, E2, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 70, 9A, 10, 10, E8, BA, 29, 00, 00, 33, DB, 89, 5D, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 08, 3B, FB, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 75, 1C, E8, E2, 24, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, E8, 13, CE, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, EB, 79, 33, C0, 8B, 75, 0C, 3B, F3, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 74, D6, 33, C0, 38, 1E, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 74, CB, E8, DE, E5, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
6.7476

Code size:
889.5 KB (910,848 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Qbyrd Toolbar BHO

CLSID:
{D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}

CLSID name:
Qbyrd Toolbar


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