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knowthebiblesetup2.5.5.52.hifox000.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Know the Bible/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application knowthebiblesetup2.5.5.52.hifox000.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Know the Bible  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
Know the Bible

Version:
2, 0, 2, 4

MD5:
ee7698859cf300becf863293fcdaadc9

SHA-1:
672c897f5ac7762774d8385acc15a6397e56228e

SHA-256:
db56aa3973174bf9f52238945e3f122aa33b8d6530ff26bb0cd924a740bcca57

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:24:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-150802

AVG
Zango
2016.0.3029

Clam AntiVirus
Adware.MyWebSearch-15
0.98/18155

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
9.8861

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of knowthebiblesetup2.5.5.52.himan000.exe (Adware)
2015.9.7.7

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.1642

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
15.8.2.13

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
21986

File size:
3 MB (3,157,120 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 2, 4

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Original file name:
4lSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\knowthebiblesetup2.5.5.52.hifox000.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
10/4/2012 8:52:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:tzcWeTIMpzpx1gwKDNgGcrPhtCe9MmiTS6mZnS8Ek1BCBlbm0Hwv1YtQ:19eTIMpXaR5gLPhtuTjUaqUbQa6

Entry address:
0x3843

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 10, 51, 40, 00, A3, FC, 6D, 40, 00, FF, 15, 98, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 94, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 68, 51, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 90, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.8387

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

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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