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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.4.7.12645

MD5:
de9e7ce30762835c1c4f995a0bd6f26a

SHA-1:
ef609021ffb806065a098a29d0052dc572ff676c

SHA-256:
8ef46ef7d7a9c2e8dabe6459f91cbf4e958d391ea82ff27a0ad716e8b91cf03a

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:
4/23/2024 4:40:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Virut.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160215

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.16215

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Ask
2/15/2016

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy
11.2016-15-02_2

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar.A
v2016.02.15.07

McAfee
Artemis!C92AEEBA1A5E
5600.6488

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.2.15.19

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1124
7.2.46

File size:
788.4 KB (807,328 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.7.12645

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}\downloads\offercastinstaller.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:
10/31/2014 12:07:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BwoUgUgjZR8Umuz35kXKCbOoQ8RT+mAL+xUlTFNg:ioLZjZdmuSpbQ8RT+ES8

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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Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

The file offercastinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/.../OffercastInstaller.exe

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