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MapsGalaxy

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./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 mapsgalaxy.396b3036627c4a5f8a8b7a817859eb3e.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
MapsGalaxy

Description:
MapsGalaxy Setup

Version:
0.0.1.16

MD5:
b366ee4ba63b23d75d16c93022d21729

SHA-1:
ec33c92f905b5eb3153d9dc7a69b1ad388e45e75

SHA-256:
edc1e02360709a07dda5d0d12178a6a97fc1dcffcb6632c186d619220022ee56

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 7:11:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
16.1.29.9

File size:
212.3 KB (217,400 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.1.16

Copyright:
© 2014 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\mapsgalaxy.396b3036627c4a5f8a8b7a817859eb3e.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 12:01:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/bUTp199vKxyQM+eU1pixofYwEgeuLuW+PDYTReUf:/IN9uwmfYwMuLuRY1ei

Entry address:
0x3229

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8313

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file mapsgalaxy.396b3036627c4a5f8a8b7a817859eb3e.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/202980021.S14246.1/nsis/539421-S14246.1/150830175232201/.../MapsGalaxy.2787991c024641f9938800a451ea03ca.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/202980021.S14246.1/nsis/539421-S14246.1/150830175232201/.../MapsGalaxy.c74cf5c2ebb54131819d4dad1d2615de.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/202980021.S14246.1/nsis/539421-S14246.1/150830175232201/.../MapsGalaxy.396b3036627c4a5f8a8b7a817859eb3e.exe

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