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koyotemediabar.exe

Movies Search App (Dist. by Koyote-Lab, 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 koyotemediabar.exe, “Movies Search App (Dist. by Koyote-Lab, Inc.) Installer” by IAC Search and Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media, Inc.  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Movies Search App (Dist. by Koyote-Lab, Inc.)

Description:
Movies Search App (Dist. by Koyote-Lab, Inc.) Installer

Version:
2.1.0.0

MD5:
e27b9f1ff399b6dce9442b6b1c497523

SHA-1:
9baa2b19e60948c8c02f81461d122b7c56938123

SHA-256:
ff27666f84153502c21e0215721aba30077c33ca6901f820416fe0d80921e4e1

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 1:55:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Visicom
7.1.1

AVG
Search
2015.0.3370

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Visicom
4.0.3.14827

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.246
9.0.1.0239

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.10301

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Toolbar_Visicom
8/27/2014

McAfee
Artemis!E27B9F1FF399
5600.7026

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.IACSearchandMedia.O
14.8.27.10

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0731
7.2.239

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32468

File size:
2.1 MB (2,160,104 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:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\nsw3e31.tmp\koyotemediabar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 6:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:8ZO4N173/RMB2Zch8rxQ/3Uo9tF6eFyQ0XioHA1JRmGzbT:4/R+2chcxQjtnFF0X01JRm6H

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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Entropy:
7.9962

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.75.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-13-171-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.13.171.27:80)

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