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saupdate.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 saupdate.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. This file is typically installed with the program Search-Results Toolbar by Search-Results.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
60ba9a817d4ddbbb222a30d90db5a58e

SHA-1:
0a3278769e302fb0283bce33bac6f88808a64d74

SHA-256:
2d42bebe5c5967eaf5e69e07a135b4c0804b30d7ac64e776d6fb035379433a3b

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:
4/19/2024 9:59:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IACSearchandMedia.I
14.8.26.14

File size:
189.5 KB (194,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/21/2009 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2012 2:59:59 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:
5/18/2011 5:28:03 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:+JioL3dbFFx+2xuO2WQaov7HG2olwH38vj+d+PIC:Izs2xz2b3v7HSwsvyQIC

Entry address:
0x1688A

Entry point:
E8, 3F, 5E, 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, 78, 11, 43, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, EF, 5E, 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:
6.5384

Code size:
142.5 KB (145,920 bytes)

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

Search-Results Toolbar  by Search-Results.com
The Search-Results Toolbar by APN is an advertising supported toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox (a web browser extension) that is typically installed via a software bundler.
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