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headlinealleycrxsetup.d878588f-f32f-4841-9153-80021227594a.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

The application headlinealleycrxsetup.d878588f-f32f-4841-9153-80021227594a.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program HeadlineAlley Toolbar Chrome Extension by Mindspark Interactive Network. This file is typically installed with the program HeadlineAlley Toolbar Chrome Extension by Mindspark Interactive Network which is a potentially unwanted software program. This version of the file will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
HeadlineAlley  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
HeadlineAlley

Version:
2.2.1.3

MD5:
fb8518a363185961c7dcae95caf08323

SHA-1:
726fc504b215e0cd4a0be1ebea1c635e4bb0e39c

SHA-256:
9538eeef1120f6c01b361a0fb9f079e19928cbbcd3f324116b30e824666f5497

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 10:09:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
2014.07.21

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-140729

AVG
Zango
2015.0.3398

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch
4.0.3.14729

Dr.Web
Adware.MyWebSearch.49
9.0.1.0210

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AA (variant)
8.10126

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/FunWeb
7/29/2014

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.3486

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxkrh
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
Adware/WebSearch
14.07.29.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.z
14.8.8.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.14B8B461!347649121
23.00.65.14727

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
31448

File size:
3 MB (3,116,936 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.1.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012, 2013

Original file name:
29Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\headlinealleycrxsetup.d878588f-f32f-4841-9153-80021227594a.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/10/2012 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 9:59:59 AM

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:
2/28/2014 8:09:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:S+Uh8C9QtrWofXPvauj/fqSFEy++EzFoH/i5c:ZAKrWe1jnqSFp+Da

Entry address:
0x23591

Entry point:
E8, A5, 6E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, C1, 8B, 4D, 08, C7, 00, F8, 9A, 43, 00, 8B, 09, 89, 48, 04, C6, 40, 08, 00, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, 00, 9B, 43, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 74, 2D, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 70, 01, 56, E8, 0C, D7, FF, FF, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, 56, 50, E8, DE, 6E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C6, 47, 08, 01, 5E, 5F, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 8B, F1, 80, 7E, 08, 00, 74, 09, FF...
 
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Entropy:
5.4177

Packer / compiler:
PEQuake V0.06

Code size:
218.5 KB (223,744 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
HeadlineAlley Toolbar Chrome Extension

Display publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\HeadlineAlley_29 Chrome Extension\bar\HeadlineAlleyCrxSetup.D878588F-F32F-4841-9153-80021227594A.exe /u mindsparktoolbarkey="HeadlineAlley_29 Chrome Extension"


The file headlinealleycrxsetup.d878588f-f32f-4841-9153-80021227594a.exe has been discovered within the following program.

HeadlineAlley Toolbar Chrome Extension  by Mindspark Interactive Network
The Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with MyWebSearch, a potentially unwanted program that changes and redircts all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page to mywebsearch.com or some other webpage.
search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml
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The file headlinealleycrxsetup.d878588f-f32f-4841-9153-80021227594a.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000481.TTAB01.1/277582-140630103923-TTAB01.1/.../HeadlineAlleyCrxSetup.B78C2BCB-F500-4155-94FA-663B2FC68E6F.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000481.TTAB01.1/277582-140630103923-TTAB01.1/.../HeadlineAlleyCrxSetup.876D0C11-55ED-4F5F-9571-5CA8E2BD00DA.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000481.TTAB01.1/277582-140630103923-TTAB01.1/.../HeadlineAlleyCrxSetup.A732DF3B-19E9-40D7-B79A-A73AB758EAD4.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000481.TTAB01.1/277582-140630103923-TTAB01.1/.../HeadlineAlleyCrxSetup.5F2AFDB4-69F0-44CE-BEF6-B3C7897E2E33.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000481.TTAB01.1/277582-140630103923-TTAB01.1/.../HeadlineAlleyCrxSetup.D878588F-F32F-4841-9153-80021227594A.exe

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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