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offercast291_avrv6_.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 offercast291_avrv6_.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Offercast APN Install Manager installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
2.9.1.0

MD5:
50da22473a6a5ce823871e8f245ef05d

SHA-1:
d44afad920b4a48031b770cb8cd55a815e3e5c2b

SHA-256:
8d258dbfab515fb1d2829775c930ba20a54aae29b6ee4817650db82a072788cc

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
4/25/2024 4:33:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.14627

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9966

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.T
14.8.8.2

File size:
1018.4 KB (1,042,872 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.1.0

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

Original file name:
AskInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Offercast APN Install Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\wizard\offercast291_avrv6_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2014 4:59:59 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:
0E92120309E5E292CD4FFE132C48D3D8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2014 10:29:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5Acrky+hPtoxnfqFbXdoaOhoS+eUjhymVJ6rcn7HNLoRS5RNNiVc:5ePuxmuaOhQjhym6QnDNB5RNNiVc

Entry address:
0x79EB4

Entry point:
E8, 3D, EF, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, B4, F5, 49, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, F8, E2, 49, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, A8, 2C, 4C, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, AC...
 
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Entropy:
6.6866

Code size:
624.5 KB (639,488 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-40-69-164.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.40.69.164:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-100-180-179.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.100.180.179:80)

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