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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:
5.9.1.14132

MD5:
27c21193ba4cb31ccc42ba1c3f742fee

SHA-1:
b5ffd7365a18cc0c4fdc9675488d1d1b5be8ff9b

SHA-256:
20a53e25186f1ce9aab04bc38c12c0459b90f5e9cd775ddf72de38dfd301450c

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:
4/25/2024 2:53:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Dictionary.R
14.10.15.0

File size:
1.3 MB (1,400,784 bytes)

Product version:
5.9.1.14132

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:
10/5/2010 4:02:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IhQeeLaPprjxJO+VEyoc+jyt4iZpZ6aOBvBZSzN7N4oJXjZPZ0qn8TttZtNhUDkd:4VHPpr/O++ynfKzQzBNLJXjZPu68T7Z3

Entry address:
0xB5865

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, B5, E3, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 98, B0, 10, 10, E8, B4, 29, 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, ED, CD, 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, A9, E6, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
6.7710

Code size:
896 KB (917,504 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Ask Toolbar BHO

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

CLSID name:
Dictionary.com Toolbar


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