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packagetracer.15ca73ee551847939f2d52c3e58ec537.exe

PackageTracer

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application packagetracer.15ca73ee551847939f2d52c3e58ec537.exe, “PackageTracer Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.

File name:

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

PackageTracer

Description:

PackageTracer Setup

Version:

3.3.0.6

MD5:

1fd65ca43adea4dcfafa7f889873185d

SHA-1:

04230a37fdb3cc4056ca81a57619d16a2ecb2e5e

SHA-256:

5df6819e0e3de4f211313f0ab76e5555d405f3de8bcbf454304c6bb19fe5ef2b

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:

5/8/2024 10:29:22 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)

16.1.28.3

File size:

354.4 KB (362,864 bytes)

Product version:

3.3.0.6

Trademarks:

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\packagetracer.15ca73ee551847939f2d52c3e58ec537.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/19/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:

438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/24/2013 11:01:44 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:FbUTp12eUbzNYc6dgL+KM+3fsFsx/ST0UD5USXJM8ly5bG0POQOL1yUsq/anXh41:FImeUac6dgLZ420vGSX+5FmQIdsOaXR+

Entry address:

0x3229

Entry point:

81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9228

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file packagetracer.15ca73ee551847939f2d52c3e58ec537.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/208747421.YYA.4/nsis/569084-YYA.4/151118122716750/.../PackageTracer.dd86c0be26c146b2a578ba295f1ea4f1.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/208747421.YYA.4/nsis/569084-YYA.4/151118122716750/.../PackageTracer.e514b8b485ac48f79e47fac70e8c334f.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/208747421.YYA.4/nsis/569084-YYA.4/151118122716750/.../PackageTracer.35df8b89fc74418095b6a9317423fd28.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/208747421.YYA.4/nsis/569084-YYA.4/151118122716750/.../PackageTracer.19fff68e7bab471fb7d2f57f4fedb1a0.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/208747421.YYA.4/nsis/569084-YYA.4/151118122716750/.../PackageTracer.15ca73ee551847939f2d52c3e58ec537.exe

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