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mywebfacesetup2.3.98.9.grchr999.exe

My Web Search Bar Installer

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (MyWebSearch.com/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 mywebfacesetup2.3.98.9.grchr999.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 12 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
MyWebSearch.com  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
My Web Search Bar Installer

Version:
2, 0, 0, 11

MD5:
d10608ffe54bab03458584e5120b17a3

SHA-1:
9999169884b93322c436ebf4a7f6850af554d706

SHA-256:
fdefe4ae9f4ecc59be566ed99e44330148679b7260c501056c373875d629e7ee

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
5/5/2024 4:00:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:FunWeb-K [PUP]
2014.9-140910

AVG
AdInstaller.FunWeb
2015.0.3355

Clam AntiVirus
Suspect.Adware.MWS
0.98/18155

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
11635

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.WebToolbar.Win32.FunWeb.AMN!A2
8.14.09.10.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
8.6919

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Toolbar_fam.NB
9/10/2014

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.FunWeb
14.0.0.3270

Norman
W32/MyWebSearch.AOA
11.20140910

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.BB
14.9.10.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
Adware.MyWebSearch
3.12.16.4

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
11597

File size:
3.9 MB (4,134,320 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 0, 11

Copyright:
Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Original file name:
mwsSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mywebfacesetup2.3.98.9.grchr999.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/31/2010 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2012 2:59:59 AM

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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
41730EB0E6D92A476E16628A0DBEFB36

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/21/2012 8:14:26 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:jFo4arQh1XKR+odf+qrCfcGsgmqH9yhe3cWS4:5o4arQh1acodf+qpGssH9y4PS4

Entry address:
0x34AF

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 28, 51, 40, 00, A3, EC, 69, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 60, 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, 84, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.9880

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

The file mywebfacesetup2.3.98.9.grchr999.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ak.exe.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/mindspark/.../MyWebFaceSetup2.3.98.9.GRchr999.exe

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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