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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 10 anti-malware scanners. This version of the file will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
IAC Native Messaging Host

Version:
1.0.0.267

MD5:
4a2c82901c2e9ddbfb1ee5d705ca7b06

SHA-1:
76e007db8803715dc5f10df3921e4ded8462cf35

SHA-256:
dec0a2639c2c2e51a90632d24de75647297377430ad402a8bf699ebd0f7efb59

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:17:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Search
2017.0.2859

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.16120

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.K potentially unsafe (variant)
10.11694

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16048

McAfee
Artemis!8FEE278F4A56
5600.6515

Panda Antivirus
PUP/SearchResultsToolbar
16.01.20.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia (M)
16.1.20.8

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0520
7.2.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
43370

File size:
160.4 KB (164,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.267

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\perionwhitesmokedtxmediatoolbar222\gc\iacnativemsghost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
10/6/2014 1:47:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:oHtml/ud/1IuJq5klFmBfbzkJPxC6ESq8R8R0GT09ATtlV:m0/u5GuJ0kl4oY6Ej7RRT2mV

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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Entropy:
6.4812

Code size:
112.5 KB (115,200 bytes)

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