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guffinssetup2.5.14.40.pd^yj^yyyyyy^yya^us.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Guffins/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application guffinssetup2.5.14.40.pd^yj^yyyyyy^yya^us.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Guffins  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
Guffins

Version:
2, 0, 4, 17

MD5:
a2c0ae681a4a54aca95fd5ecb7a3eea8

SHA-1:
5f04d0fee4d1fd152b8fb7c4ec7814a8d3029849

SHA-256:
c16ced8d62e3662608bd008a9e2c1a05be7e8a617daafc1e24982b5e848c296d

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 8:27:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-151127

AVG
Zango
2016.0.2913

Clam AntiVirus
Adware.MyWebSearch-15
0.98/18155

Dr.Web
Adware.MyWebSearch.47
9.0.1.0331

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
9.9127

F-Prot
W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.1059

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
15.11.27.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.MyWebSearch!6.CAD
23.00.65.151125

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
23990

File size:
4.1 MB (4,258,168 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 4, 17

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009 - 2013

Original file name:
u4Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\guffinssetup2.5.14.40.pd^yj^yyyyyy^yya^us.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2013 4:20:13 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:I3p6pl6VfRMRZsHtsCXwr/M1LCpdmhiIVhO8hiGQj:WRMR+Dm0wy4Ihivj

Entry address:
0x4407

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 10, 51, 40, 00, A3, AC, 8E, 40, 00, FF, 15, 98, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 94, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 70, 51, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 90, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.9709

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www187.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to anx.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

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