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offercast341_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 offercast341_atu3_.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 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:
3,4,1,12399

MD5:
226ecf0075ef1d8ba994e6a1bec69335

SHA-1:
293690eb8cf2a486e94b678a18f3177143b41ed2

SHA-256:
e34ef063509b61e518ab75d9ffe23c61d6d3b71e91390545bb188ca2108db147

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 10:11:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.Bundled.bToolbar
4.0.3.14929

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.282
9.0.1.0272

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

McAfee
Artemis!A6AD6A4F76EC
5600.6992

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.S
14.8.26.18

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0828
7.2.272

File size:
809.8 KB (829,240 bytes)

Product version:
3,4,1,12399

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\offercast341_atu3_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, 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:
071C9C2CC792BCB19C804C3655D4DE1F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/9/2014 4:02:34 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pPqFFyIWFhgokchz212PbP602nrufdjZaFHUNJ:Rqqdhlhz212PbP60yrolZaFH4

Entry address:
0x95BE

Entry point:
E8, CC, 47, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, D3, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 44, D3, 41, 00, 89, 15, 40, D3, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, D3, 41, 00, 89, 35, 38, D3, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 34, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, D3, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, D3, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, D3, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, D3, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, D3, 41...
 
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Code size:
83 KB (84,992 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-1-81-199.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.1.81.199:80)

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

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

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

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-6-123-91.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.6.123.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-92-204-59.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.92.204.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-198-180-225.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.180.225:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-214-48-33.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.214.48.33:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-68-198-23.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.68.198.23:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-56-193-182.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.56.193.182:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-58-2-138.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.58.2.138:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-77-40-180.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.77.40.180:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-75-142-3.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.75.142.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-216-228-62.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.216.228.62:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-198-40-65.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.40.65:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static-200-69-125-153.static.etb.net.co  (200.69.125.153:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to pc-8-255-46-190.cm.vtr.net  (190.46.255.8:80)

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