» saupdate.exe
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saupdate.exe

Ask.com

This is the updater mechanism for the Ask.com (APN) brand of web browser toolbars. The updater is designed to check for new features and releases of the toolbar and update them if required. "The ASK Updater is a client application that came with your Ask Toolbar. The Updater's job is to keep your Toolbar up to date to provide you with new features and to increase compatibility." The application saupdate.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. This file is typically installed with the program Ask Toolbar by Ask.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

saupdate.exe

Publisher:

Ask.com (signed and verified)

MD5:

2b0de9b9e2b55f864e064298023ab623

SHA-1:

001bb3a96faad526eddabec49bf992535991f61f

SHA-256:

74f508644afb81995fc97a362937344bf6b9dcbd5e99d5568cf0233d4c47613c

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Part of the auto-update process for the Ask Toolbar.

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 4:07:22 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask (M)

17.3.16.11

File size:

192.2 KB (196,776 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\ask.com\saupdate.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/19/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=California, 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:

0965F2AC7236C7E1BDCA44ED139B273A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/3/2012 3:00:12 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

Entry address:

0x16D9A

Entry point:

E8, 4F, 60, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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, B8, 11, 43, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, FF, 60, 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... 
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Entropy:

6.5542

Code size:

143.5 KB (146,944 bytes)

The file saupdate.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ask Toolbar by Ask.com

The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.

help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/Article/1/How-do-I-remove-the-Ask-com-Toolbar

81% remove it

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