mywebfacesetup2.5.15.8.pd^gr^xdm688^yya^mx.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (MyWebFace/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 mywebfacesetup2.5.15.8.pd^gr^xdm688^yya^mx.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. While running, it connects to the Internet address anx.mindspark.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
MyWebFace  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
MyWebFace

Version:
2, 0, 5, 6

MD5:
2ee0c7a73c72947ec63885615494cd63

SHA-1:
caf554de06f8ed8c4a1f1ccd6f893fdaef0cdbad

SHA-256:
26178ef5ce872a4855d7b69a01a6958c0ffb88d0dc6b70e170c005e1ce86956d

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 3:06:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
16.2.15.17

File size:
5.7 MB (5,970,304 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 5, 6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009 - 2014

Original file name:
5aSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\mywebfacesetup2.5.15.8.pd^gr^xdm688^yya^mx.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 4:59:59 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:
10/31/2014 10:00:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:4yoJGt/HwxxiObinqFQppdTBsW7wkIzqHSSy0o0Gtb1rgM8T1YnQ2:oEtIfiOunqo0Ewr6Sf0o9bCM8T192

Entry address:
0x3E59

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 00, 51, 40, 00, A3, 14, 8B, 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, 64, 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:
7.6543

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)