popularscreensaverssetup.popularscreensavers_7i.dhijmjbenobkbfaopobmafipbehikanf.ch.exe

PopularScreensavers

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 popularscreensaverssetup.popularscreensavers_7i.dhijmjbenobkbfaopobmafipbehikanf.ch.exe, “PopularScreensavers Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Setup Factory installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
PopularScreensavers

Description:
PopularScreensavers Setup

Version:
1.0.0.8

MD5:
0270406cb8aaeed5b2fe5bcfd879d63d

SHA-1:
6a647fe3feb906aa8fbbfbe0f723e8845cbd0e83

SHA-256:
09e03c54e249547c5944ece9bfb3c77be9b95af654147e110f9c6a4fe1d32b1f

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:35:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-140804

AVG
Zango
2015.0.3392

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch
4.0.3.1484

Dr.Web
9.0.1.0216

Panda Antivirus
Adware/WebSearch
14.08.04.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.?
14.9.15.16

VIPRE Antivirus
31810

File size:
2.4 MB (2,516,096 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.0

Copyright:
© 2014 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
suf_launch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Setup Factory

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\popularscreensaverssetup.popularscreensavers_7i.dhijmjbenobkbfaopobmafipbehikanf.ch.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
8/27/2013 3:10:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:3R2X6pymME2HAD/W5Rsleo+PWceaAd6uIccqSgI2OqE+nvwkXijpK9Z3xEqO:3hIm0gDHMxJAd6uxcyauvrGK9laqO

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.8752  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

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