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setup.exe

Ask Toolbar

Dictionary.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 Dictionary.com has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Ask  (signed by Dictionary.com)

Product:
Ask Toolbar

Description:
Wrapper Application

Version:
1.15.2.0

MD5:
cbf5127fb391da1c829df92da9fb305b

SHA-1:
d78990391faceac68a1768a44e7f6b4f9c3f452d

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/25/2024 2:36:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.1514

Boost by Reason
Optional.Dictionary.F
188838

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9639

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Dictionary.F
14.7.28.0

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
3.8 MB (3,944,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.15.2.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012 Ask.com.

Original file name:
wrapper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dictionary.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/30/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/30/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Dictionary.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Dictionary.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:
7952AF7AAAF9021232C12B209A433690

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2012 6:43:51 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:I6p2UfjDYKEgZoUck4FQ0URuclAGCCo7DcMCDN4+/aTTi:IuNfjCiJck4JU/hWCvaq

Entry address:
0x1E301

Entry point:
E8, 5C, B2, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 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, D4, 89, 44, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, 28, 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, 84, E4, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.7051  (probably packed)

Code size:
209 KB (214,016 bytes)

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