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IACNativeMsgHost.exe

IAC Native Messaging Host

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 application IACNativeMsgHost.exe 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.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
IAC Native Messaging Host

Version:
1.2.0.73

MD5:
72bcc3edded20863433ea5e08bddd6d2

SHA-1:
284af9c1d17ff5730b8933bc581a66aec4c0e087

SHA-256:
b454381c2c9054a078d3fa062a9f876128946667a802d9bf602d44ecfca2badb

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 12:14:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.2.28.6

File size:
178.5 KB (182,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0.73

Copyright:
(c) 2014 IAC Search and Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
IACNativeMsgHost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\imeshjzipmusictoolbar\gc\iacnativemsghost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 3:59:59 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 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:
5367F5135FCC8B151C3E3EE4BEFD1DFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2015 9:56:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0xFEC3

Entry point:
E8, E0, 5B, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 98, A7, 42, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 90, 91, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 98, A7, 42, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03...
 
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Entropy:
6.5016

Code size:
118 KB (120,832 bytes)

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