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offercastinstaller.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 offercastinstaller.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.5.0.15600

MD5:
884d47ed22eb42f66009c78e8f39c4e3

SHA-1:
61906800eff912ec75780b9644026155fc5d5ca8

SHA-256:
e01f4795eb9f20c55ab4fcf48f962357fc9c49d923854b8738695c8019c7509e

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
4/24/2024 3:19:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Virut.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150905

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.1595

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Ask
9/5/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy
11.2015-05-09_7

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar.A
v2015.09.05.03

McAfee
Artemis!C92AEEBA1A5E
5600.6651

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM41.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
15.9.5.15

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1124
7.2.248

File size:
882.4 KB (903,584 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.0.15600

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}\downloads\offercastinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2016 12:59:59 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:
5/6/2015 1:21:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:z8NU1dZ3gmNzt+5vBaP23Vz/wvH4Okxs04Yns2gvDmNxu:YNUPZ3gB5vU2y4RxXi8u

Entry address:
0x976E

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:
7.8889  (probably packed)

Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

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