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IACNativeMsgHost.exe

IAC Native Messaging Host

IAC Search and Media

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. 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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
IAC Native Messaging Host

Version:
1.0.0.92

MD5:
25abf2393eebf6a731708170e4accb37

SHA-1:
4b5111fa0538219a06e67a47da8eef3164d7afe5

SHA-256:
38ea46ccb667abea475552975606136ed8312c26923e49c41dea343df63cad31

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:
4/23/2024 6:13:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.2.13.14

File size:
160.4 KB (164,224 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.92

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

Original file name:
IACNativeMsgHost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
10/21/2015 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 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:
6/23/2014 7:19:46 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x10489

Entry point:
E8, 6D, 46, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 24, E2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 88, E0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 88, 63, 42, 00, 89, 0D, 84, 63, 42, 00, 89, 15, 80, 63, 42, 00, 89, 1D, 7C, 63, 42, 00, 89, 35, 78, 63, 42, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
112.5 KB (115,200 bytes)

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