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imeshmediabar.exe

Music Search App (Dist. by iMesh, Inc.)

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 imeshmediabar.exe, “Music Search App (Dist. by iMesh, Inc.) Installer” 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, Inc.  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Music Search App (Dist. by iMesh, Inc.)

Description:
Music Search App (Dist. by iMesh, Inc.) Installer

Version:
2.1.0.0

MD5:
79cc1b843bf7b14bdf595729c633cfa0

SHA-1:
5910d20d38d3418065f0be6cbb364aff83590baa

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:
4/26/2024 10:49:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Installer (M)
16.1.6.2

File size:
2.1 MB (2,179,872 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.0.0

Copyright:
(c) 2012-2014 IAC Search and Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\nsxb4.tmp\imeshmediabar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 6:59:59 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:
12/6/2009 5:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:4A4t9yptA2uB3mrB6vBuDFCuxq3Hlkbj2jnS2/J1oGeZTg8oR0/:4AW72wmEgQ814L/H6oG

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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