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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, “Search-Results Toolbar” 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 ‘Search-Results Toolbar BHO’.
Publisher:
Search-Results  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Toolbar

Description:
Search-Results Toolbar

Version:
5.12.0.15935

MD5:
b66e3682a3434979f716000b70877229

SHA-1:
d891557d94ba97af9a9130250dcb696bc84a08b2

SHA-256:
0b9cfc5e140fb99d116bbea018bee3af48281d17504212b136fc90010b2b7f89

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:
4/25/2024 10:05:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Ask
15.3.24.16

File size:
1.4 MB (1,492,456 bytes)

Product version:
5.12.0.15935

Copyright:
(c) Search-Results. 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:
10/21/2009 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2012 12:59:59 AM

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:
3/21/2011 6:51:34 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:74FvbFINA8qx4hbRZT478V3i3Mkcqkz1kjnrm+jNHdWkT0ZCQtPhwE8Y:74FJINNVhbXlSh2JUnrPjN9ZT0ZC3E8Y

Entry address:
0xC5095

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, A8, D9, 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:
6.7643

Code size:
962.5 KB (985,600 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Search-Results Toolbar BHO

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

CLSID name:
Search-Results Toolbar


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