moviesapp.exe

Movies App (Dist. by Bandoo Media, 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 moviesapp.exe, “Movies App (Dist. by Bandoo Media, 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:
Movies App (Dist. by Bandoo Media, Inc.)

Description:
Movies App (Dist. by Bandoo Media, Inc.) Installer

Version:
2.9.0.0

MD5:
0e5871250d08ee23029153bf9b421a68

SHA-1:
a1c0ca6cc21237ee7d8a8f4c569aaa41401f3ab3

SHA-256:
ec0157dd45513e2c97eeacfd8f223af333ba317316a598060b0802819453a756

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:
4/25/2024 9:50:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Installer (M)
15.9.8.15

File size:
3.3 MB (3,482,880 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.0.0

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\moviesapp.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 1:59:59 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 12:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Ubc7pmUbUW29yUDGNBbM1WRWqHq8pqN4pMDj9POl+o4FyUw0SMZEfalK6L++zpnN:Ub7FATNdMAQVGc4pIjM7m9w8I4wu

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:
7.9985

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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