» new6482.tmp.exe
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new6482.tmp.exe

Ask Toolbar

Ask.com

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 new6482.tmp.exe, “Setup Launcher ” by Ask.com 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

new6482.tmp.exe

Publisher:

Ask.com (signed by Ask.com)

Product:

Ask Toolbar

Description:

Setup Launcher

Version:

1.15.11.0

MD5:

093e29e726d3f30f65325cc3a8a3cb0f

SHA-1:

84a23f9d11ee42decdf15b58da7f3754776e5bd8

SHA-256:

1f396dc7788c4f86f454cc8b37958961de44bfaab275e0a475976c3767becf29

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 5:25:02 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask.Installer (M)

16.2.3.16

File size:

4.9 MB (5,173,240 bytes)

Product version:

1.15.11.0

Original file name:

Setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

APN Stub

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\new6482.tmp.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/20/2011 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/19/2014 6:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, 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:

0965F2AC7236C7E1BDCA44ED139B273A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/22/2009 11:59:13 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:nfjDYKEgZeREAUO1UWeRDb35En6Be5wNM90jPJ1ySRO83Yb:nfjCioEAd1UT/+weCiGj7XIb

Entry address:

0x8032B

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 48, 51, 4A, 00, 68, B0, 0E, 48, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 90, 31, 4A, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, E0, 91, 4C, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, DC, 91, 4C, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, D8, 91, 4C, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, D4, 91, 4C, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 31, 3C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, 11, 16, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75... 
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Entropy:

7.8803

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:

648 KB (663,552 bytes)

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