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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 as a toolbar in Internet Explore as ‘Dictionary.com Toolbar’.
Publisher:
Ask  (signed by Dictionary.com)

Product:
Toolbar

Description:
Ask Toolbar

Version:
5.12.2.16752

MD5:
82bfda07c2d8b8bc43429db559f25a86

SHA-1:
a66be2928a89909c4a03ea756404ec8ee3654ce2

SHA-256:
cd348abe258d8e5f401e01187ab687f6bfc7c471ab3f33579ee396c334524874

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:
4/24/2024 9:01:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Ask.Toolbar.Meta
15.11.6.8

File size:
1.4 MB (1,490,384 bytes)

Product version:
5.12.2.16752

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:
5/17/2011 8:16:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kxKZ6aczetq/dqe/KmgJ5sILDJjv8o9a3L3eg5KSEzTlZeQmbh7yyB:kxKFczG+q7Wa06a73e6ZEzTlZeh1yyB

Entry address:
0xC50B5

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 75, E1, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 68, D8, 11, 10, E8, 48, 26, 00, 00, 33, DB, 89, 5D, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 08, 3B, FB, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 75, 1C, E8, EC, 24, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, E8, F2, CA, 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, 68, E4, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
6.7659

Code size:
962.5 KB (985,600 bytes)

Internet Explorer Toolbar
Display name:
0

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

CLSID name:
Dictionary.com Toolbar


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