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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 offercast391_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:
3.9.1.17815

MD5:
f6c17ce71f0ed0a30eadb1ea6efe9633

SHA-1:
fb8697aed0bcaab350a8963e18317b9069df29e4

SHA-256:
769ea8fdef17d9182c04877ee61cda491384a887e3fde5d57814fe085f4c92b6

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 10:10:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.3.8.5

File size:
1 MB (1,060,672 bytes)

Product version:
3.9.1.17815

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\offercast391_atu3_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2014 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=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:
10/20/2015 10:39:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:79uHxI8gNy0+9HbQ5FvInl3xSL7hshiELVKr2350:hxNiHbGInJEFshrVUc0

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 a23-44-92-20.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.44.92.20:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to bto-04-011.bto.ras.cantv.net  (200.44.23.139:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-32-32-141.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.32.32.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-212-99-69.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.212.99.69:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a173-222-197-5.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (173.222.197.5:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-17-20-13.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.20.13:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-123-202-3.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.123.202.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-122-149-124.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.149.124:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-220-68-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.220.68.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-13-20-31.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.13.20.31:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-83-30-48.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.83.30.48:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a88-221-112-24.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (88.221.112.24:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-41-194-51.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.41.194.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-105-203-84.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.105.203.84:80)

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