home

popularscreensaverscrxsetup.bf203f5f-8340-465c-8941-53abc6c74b9f.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (PopularScreensavers/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 popularscreensaverscrxsetup.bf203f5f-8340-465c-8941-53abc6c74b9f.exe 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 Mindspark Custom Setup installer.
Publisher:
PopularScreensavers  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
PopularScreensavers

Version:
2, 2, 1, 1

MD5:
29a513d31d211e49bb0ae225f0dd8144

SHA-1:
943e9360af0877eeb2d6201acef98efce7fc2c7d

SHA-256:
2f2837ad3ef9c682fb5b8404d1a122e6a4d879b5501d71b84ec245460728bdb8

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 3:04:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Bundler (M)
16.1.25.14

File size:
3 MB (3,115,408 bytes)

Product version:
2, 2, 1, 1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012, 2013

Original file name:
7iSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Mindspark Custom Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\popularscreensaverscrxsetup.bf203f5f-8340-465c-8941-53abc6c74b9f.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/10/2012 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2013 5:10:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:iqTtuHBQtrWofJEaCp01a9Ac7V+oP+i0Caz/uDxqTySFEy++EzZvB/i5tTX:9xPrWctC19N7VitGDMTySFp+Do

Entry address:
0x23211

Entry point:
E8, 05, 6F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, C1, 8B, 4D, 08, C7, 00, 00, 9B, 43, 00, 8B, 09, 89, 48, 04, C6, 40, 08, 00, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, 08, 9B, 43, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 74, 2D, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 70, 01, 56, E8, 0C, D7, FF, FF, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, 56, 50, E8, 3E, 6F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C6, 47, 08, 01, 5E, 5F, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 8B, F1, 80, 7E, 08, 00, 74, 09, FF...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.9717

Code size:
217.5 KB (222,720 bytes)

The file popularscreensaverscrxsetup.bf203f5f-8340-465c-8941-53abc6c74b9f.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/210465775.YYA.2/173517-131104143735-YYA.2/.../PopularScreensaversCrxSetup.BF203F5F-8340-465C-8941-53ABC6C74B9F.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www187.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to anx.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.