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saupdate.exe

IAC Search and Media

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. 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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. 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:
a4cd7372364a98699aeca7979d3b5acf

SHA-1:
ca0e4aa83439d8d66770e608d73896417447fb08

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:
4/25/2024 12:00:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IACSearchandMedia.I
14.8.8.0

File size:
158.5 KB (162,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2012 1:59:59 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:
9/29/2010 8:09:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:X5ghoawkuIZgxTJOM7Xlk/dTKVvt2P5GC0oq5mVtD:qaQOxTYM7XlydTKz2RGToFnD

Entry address:
0x13524

Entry point:
E8, 00, 5C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 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, 04, AE, 42, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, BA, 5C, 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...
 
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Code size:
116.5 KB (119,296 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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