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offercast3121_atu3_.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 offercast3121_atu3_.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:
3.12.1.19884

MD5:
ab968a9769d4599f82fd9596ff1ffac2

SHA-1:
9f2028c65d1d0d9df7996b1058131600db0c9b5e

SHA-256:
d894ac6851e2325658278f52ea772cfa30c1c1693b49bca0a49d3828792c4ce3

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:
8/9/2025 10:08:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.7.7.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,147,384 bytes)

Product version:
3.12.1.19884

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\{random}.tmp\offercast3121_atu3_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/7/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 8:59:59 PM

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:
4/1/2016 12:35:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:A9uG2cLxJFxSmDOqdztWwLIQO0JMreZcOtNpGSZQ3s3ierr235J:yV28BpiqdpLo0qCGOtNpGSZyde3cJ

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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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 a104-79-161-138.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.79.161.138:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-201-172-125.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.201.172.125:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-24-130-121.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.24.130.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a95-100-116-232.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (95.100.116.232:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-214-126-102.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.214.126.102:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-61-112-56.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.61.112.56:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-193-216-95.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.193.216.95:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-40-181-54.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.40.181.54:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-197-230-146.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.197.230.146:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-76-15-233.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.76.15.233:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-15-133-138.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.15.133.138:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-6-123-49.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.6.123.49:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a72-247-210-8.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (72.247.210.8:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-45-227-222.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.227.222:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-205-211-95.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.205.211.95:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-202-66-34.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.202.66.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-121-40-174.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.121.40.174:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-104-36-220.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.104.36.220:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to bb7afa98.virtua.com.br  (187.122.250.152:80)

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