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offercast.exe

Offercast - APN Install Manager

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 offercast.exe 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 Offercast APN Install Manager installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.13.0.19884

MD5:
c16bc7e5b3ea66951e76b1aee5d689e2

SHA-1:
60e20c4445b399fbbb9ebd29852df3940617d392

SHA-256:
a979c220fc3e25c054f24061ebf3e2dcd740ac9039fee666dcc07036f03c102d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
This is the APN Offercast install manager which will offer the user to opt-out of installing the Ask.com Toolbar as part of the setup routine.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:21:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.8.22.20

File size:
2.3 MB (2,462,712 bytes)

Product version:
3.13.0.19884

Copyright:
2010: (c) Ask.com. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
APNInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Offercast APN Install Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\offercast.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/8/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
10B9E2525844B965BFD1932E5265E605

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/13/2016 11:04:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:LMX9cva2WBFJVT4dAPIwDGDyzsuaQHv60pT4UnhK/7p:oXolWB1DpAuaS606Uh6

Entry address:
0xA11E

Entry point:
E8, 43, 51, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E8, D0, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 74, 01, 42, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E4, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08, 51, 89, 08, E8, 20, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 89, 30, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 9C, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 70, 01, 42, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, 08, 00, 42, 00, 74, 27, 40, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 05, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8D, 81, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9771  (probably packed)

Code size:
92 KB (94,208 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-230-29.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.230.29:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-91-166-113.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.91.166.113:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-51-253-14.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.51.253.14:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-93-106-192.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.93.106.192:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-35-214-217.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.35.214.217:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-92-1-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.92.1.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-163-247-41.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.163.247.41:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-16-14-64.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.16.14.64:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-82-93-2.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.82.93.2:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-17-153-24.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.153.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-7-241-166.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.7.241.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-58-155-83.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.58.155.83:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-4-245-142.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.4.245.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-216-149-4.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.216.149.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-26-184-137.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.26.184.137:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.36.100.103.df.iacapn.com  (199.36.100.103:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.ill.117.239.122.24/24.bsnl.in  (117.239.122.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-227.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.227:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1.amazonaws.com  (52.216.17.179:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to host-62-24-203-95.as13285.net  (62.24.203.95:80)

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