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precache.exe

IAC Search and Media

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application precache.exe by IAC Search and Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a9dc0d4bd3eff74702b2e3fba49b4ce0

SHA-1:
5e741b339915a61c384098e62110503210b61b13

SHA-256:
feda95320f519a4495ae2f8bde76da7c19f76cf57bb8fe17b972a320f4558f8b

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:
4/23/2024 9:38:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask
15.3.24.16

File size:
68 KB (69,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\precache.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/21/2009 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IAC Search and Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IAC Search and Media, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
596DF135D6540E700E84211A065D9C98

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2011 6:41:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:a5b+Kyze8/xs1yro4Ls8+dxPpIE1kzPfJ6x9UEUs6WVUj7YkpJp97fWLLMbCgc:a5ce8504L0ferJG+TJpxOLcCgc

Entry address:
0x26D5

Entry point:
E8, 75, 28, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, C8, FD, 40, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, FD, 2D, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 5F, C3...
 
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Entropy:
6.2690

Code size:
35 KB (35,840 bytes)

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