» newd57c.tmp.exe
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newd57c.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 newd57c.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:

newd57c.tmp.exe

Publisher:

Ask.com (signed by Ask.com)

Product:

Ask Toolbar

Description:

Setup Launcher

Version:

1.14.1.0

MD5:

c174c001850965d769108441a55f2f29

SHA-1:

1ee1432356287a4cf30d0f4231e6f92204f93b3d

SHA-256:

6e3a04f66ca30c5cb5681be0510f88afe0ce09881d32c4df143570d12fd38d57

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 12:48:48 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask (M)

17.3.14.19

File size:

3.3 MB (3,505,392 bytes)

Product version:

1.14.1.0

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\newd57c.tmp.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/19/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2014 7:59:59 PM

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 12:59:13 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

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:

7.7782

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:

648 KB (663,552 bytes)

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