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GenericAskToolbar.dll

Toolbar

Dictionary.com

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 Dictionary.com has been detected as adware 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 ‘Ask Toolbar BHO’.
Publisher:
Ask  (signed by Dictionary.com)

Product:
Toolbar

Description:
Ask Toolbar

Version:
5.8.0.0

MD5:
a95a57b395e493915e82dea6864d72aa

SHA-1:
86e4a621255a19ba7a00a1659b6d6750b715448b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 1:57:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.4.9.1

File size:
1.3 MB (1,385,936 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.0.0

Copyright:
(c) Ask. 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:
Dictionary.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2009 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2011 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Dictionary.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Dictionary.com, 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:
345BD4AD5F18CB3CF53744DDDB3E0903

Registration
CLSIDs:
{00000000-6E41-4FD3-8538-502F5495E5FC}, {D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}

ProgID:
GenericAskToolbar.ToolbarWnd.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/17/2010 8:52:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:c5V8fLIPR9noadbpDdnY+wkdg5AZB7w41ATUG+gPxwdw9TyZfsh72Mlh:cfCaoajYhOPk4qUG+gidw9TyZf1Mlh

Entry address:
0xB378F

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 8B, 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, 90, 88, 10, 10, E8, AE, 28, 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, 7E, E5, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
6.7710

Code size:
885.5 KB (906,752 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Ask Toolbar BHO

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

CLSID name:
Dictionary.com Toolbar


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