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setup.exe

Ask Toolbar

Ask.com

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 setup.exe, “Wrapper Application” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Ask (signed by Ask.com)

Product:

Ask Toolbar

Description:

Wrapper Application

Version:

1.15.31.0

MD5:

6daf59298746fd9dc6d3514eb85f7fd4

SHA-1:

62cd6ccc36e76449f75f5af78e6f37ff57cfe98b

SHA-256:

70610e64f0e0aeaf9c83d43bfd40f73a9b0c6c1a92b3258fce618ed39c40b2d8

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 9:15:40 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask (M)

16.11.26.20

File size:

5.3 MB (5,514,168 bytes)

Product version:

1.15.31.0

Original file name:

wrapper.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

APN Stub

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/19/2014 1:59:59 AM

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:

0E92120309E5E292CD4FFE132C48D3D8

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/31/2014 9:05:38 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:PezssfjDYKEgZgtDAKdsw5LPwnmlnBfm4CDOopBK7/K0j1DyKCZX902f2XydKB:PeAsfjCiw/JnBf+DdBvIdEoXKKB

Entry address:

0x1F1CB

Entry point:

E8, B0, B2, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, 58, AA, 44, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, 76, B3, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 54, F3, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00... 
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Entropy:

7.8207 (probably packed)

Code size:

213 KB (218,112 bytes)

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