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Search and Destroy Free Trial

Demand Media Inc

The application searchanddestroy_at.exe, “Search and Destroy Free Trial Setup ” by Demand Media Inc has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.arcadetown.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Ilya Yulin   (signed by Demand Media Inc)

Product:
Search and Destroy Free Trial

Description:
Search and Destroy Free Trial Setup

Version:
1.0

MD5:
a52fd605d443882653810359cb037982

SHA-1:
fc302c5b3ddb53ee872a17b02e43318c06a47f9b

SHA-256:
e42381387531878e575fccc62c6980e514bcbac97bac28d0739e4a1a27570d60

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:18:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.10081

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DemandMedia.T
14.8.14.12

File size:
10.8 MB (11,361,192 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\searchanddestroy_at.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Demand Media Inc

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
7/5/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/5/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Demand Media Inc, O=Demand Media Inc, STREET="1333 Second Street, Ste. 100", STREET=Santa Monica Headquarters, L=Santa Monica, S=CA, PostalCode=90401, C=US

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00B59247E636AB04099E33A2FB6D5BA8B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:EGyFt/b0z/UZ4PHCrn1pbi4pm90dINe995RHVJylEU4ESfVVFhP3saJ6LbbTKYY:EGygDO6C7e4pc0ae995c+fRR3DwHO

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, EC, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, EC, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9997

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file searchanddestroy_at.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.arcadetown.com/.../download.asp?gameid=searchanddestroythehotspot

http://cdn-www.arcadetown.com/.../searchanddestroy_at.exe

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