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runie.exe

Ask.com

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 runie.exe by Ask.com 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:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8bdd6953bf376d55cfa49733de063525

SHA-1:
e1a5469692a272e99e9bd14e41873ea608b6a07c

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:
4/26/2024 10:58:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.1.25.0

File size:
232 KB (237,586 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\runie.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
GeoTrust Inc

Valid from:
7/13/2006 2:51:35 PM

Valid to:
7/13/2008 2:51:35 PM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, OU=GeoTrust Code Signing, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GeoTrust TrustCenter CodeSigning CA I, O=GeoTrust Inc, OU=GeoTrust TrustCenter CodeSigning CA, C=US

Serial number:
00A14100010020D9D7891D7DD5115F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2007 11:32:02 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x21964

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5B, 81, EB, D0, 48, 00, 10, 83, EC, 74, 8B, EC, 8B, 83, AB, 4B, 00, 10, 89, 45, 00, 8B, 83, B3, 4B, 00, 10, 03, 45, 00, 89, 45, 2C, 8B, 83, B7, 4B, 00, 10, 03, 45, 00, 89, 45, 30, C7, 45, 14, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, 18, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, 1C, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 14, FF, 45, 14, 66, 33, C9, 8A, 8C, 03, FF, 4B, 00, 10, 84, C9, 74, 7A, 8B, 45, 1C, 66, 01, 4D, 1C, 03, C3, 05, 13, 4C, 00, 10, 50, 8B, 45, 2C, FF, 10, 85, C0, 0F, 84, 5E, 02, 00, 00, 89, 45, 10, 8B, 45, 1C, 03, C3...
 
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Entropy:
6.3934

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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