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offercast346_spc2_.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 offercast346_spc2_.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 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:
3.4.6.12645

MD5:
9b4359940ae9e31c484187d79c133c81

SHA-1:
619a48030f2962f3bc6c3eda4d88957e723be9e6

SHA-256:
a724cc42c47cbc35a7ec979f957e8c5782e549a7003801934e82f22e382745bf

Scanner detections:
2 / 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 1:15:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.10889

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.S
14.12.21.10

File size:
1013.8 KB (1,038,136 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.6.12645

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\offercast346_spc2_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 4:59:59 PM

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:
11/14/2014 5:34:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qwoUl7621UznhUthGkmrhqF4HC7F4+s+xqrk65tyNL:Lot21UlUthBmrhqF0C7zorj5tY

Entry address:
0x95FE

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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Entropy:
7.6318

Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-6-127-16.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.6.127.16:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-145-162.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.145.162:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-122-180-142.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.180.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-122-203-12.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.203.12:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-40-251-4.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.40.251.4:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-209-195-31.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.209.195.31:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-89-7-79.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.89.7.79:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-211-172-160.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.211.172.160:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a88-221-117-112.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (88.221.117.112:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-80-247-72.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.80.247.72:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-68-220-107.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.68.220.107:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-48-129-74.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.48.129.74:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a95-101-59-158.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (95.101.59.158:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a88-221-87-139.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (88.221.87.139:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-82-243-23.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.82.243.23:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-108-148-182.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.108.148.182:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-107-210-34.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.107.210.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-54-24.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.54.24:80)

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