APN LLC

Publisher Information

APN LLC is a software developer located in Oakland, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of potentially unwanted software. APN (Ask Partner Nework) is a web browser toolbar creation, distribution and monetization platform. Ask provides software publishers with a means to create a custom toolbar and to distribute/monetize it by co-bundling the toolbar with the publisher's products. Thre are 6 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=APN LLC, 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:
2f4e343161bc7eb67514d3dcec434ea0

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer, PUP.Ask (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.24.1_ars3.msi  (56b44aadc165ec90d12d56a703b2364b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.21.0_ars3.msi  (c99d34edb3f864e9086ad527d65dae46)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.16.2_ars3.msi  (2c89d6297dff70ba172273d1d500c8c8)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.16.1_ars3.msi  (d62311f08c809caa7d256ca8287a5683)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.15.0_ars3.msi  (dc27aa609358fd72446287d8e6bfd941)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.10.6_ars3.msi  (db4f2c33677c4a4e4cde53b41cda4c50)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ToolbarPS.dll (Toolbar PS by APN)  (d6e513495cac47e503b977baafd3b90e)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ApnSetup.exe (Stub Installer by Ask Partner Network)  (6ccb8d5a8b3df558012142b606f18625)

1 / 68      (PUP)
msia252.tmp  (527e75db60d9663ec2f7fba108528b70)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ApnSetup.exe (Stub Installer by Ask Partner Network)  (6607de4cfa79fa77b5ece373ddccc10a)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp00000013594babaab4296ec0 (IDC by APN)  (a5c5f223982978abc903fcb709eecc31)

1 / 68      (PUP)
APNNativeMsgHost.exe (APN Native Messaging Host by APN)  (8a4fed42855a9ec0116dc4b6e94707ec)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vntldr.exe (Virtual New Tab by APN)  (11c77ce133e65848199e6fe187cf1fae)

1 / 68      (PUP)
idcldr.exe (IDC by APN)  (8cdcff9b3be92bc8ba921791ebecc89f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
idcsrv_x64.dll (IdcSrv by APN)  (2996e3a3516a2530ef4ef09dbdce8dcd)

1 / 68      (PUP)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.24.1_epnv64.msi  (a580accef79d05bcd54232e40457342f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.16.2_epnv64.msi  (9cc41ac379c4e6fd899160c63febe999)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ApnSetup.exe (Stub Installer by Ask Partner Network)  (ef539d1bdba3402d2a86facab370aa1b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ApnSetup.exe (Stub Installer by Ask Partner Network)  (61b633a8fab8cd80568053f863b11fd2)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp34d7f4da913a2a00 (IdcSrv by APN)  (0c44b24eabb4c46be9ff4a3d1c4e876d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
2c6527.msi  (5e203721e0fbde5bd1a9cd72736c69be)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (6eb9863862378cad32898e6a97af0135)

1 / 68      (PUP)
b3070.msi  (211e8475182e3017fb59b74c770b1eee)

1 / 68      (PUP)
1795c4.msi  (614dde1734d5fb952de61fbd3fe3f894)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp000000026f9672eec9cd80de (Virtual New Tab by APN)  (85110b9dff7f7e892fc511c4ec49d42b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vntldr.exe (Virtual New Tab by APN)  (f205be21ed1a7f686edc46e90db94f0c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.25.2_orj-spe.msi  (e5daf600da72b6f0e7a1e32a3a4895f5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
c8b5d0c.msi  (994949338e1974798f50eb7e12e876d6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp0000008bb8c5978b344445de (Virtual New Tab by APN)  (7e2271e8bcc3c5f5012e378e4ab04905)

 
Latest 30 of 4,636 files

Top-level domains owned by APN LLC.

The certificates below are also signed by APN LLC.

76997BE0BEDD94B560401FBF6D0AC37F  (Jan 27, 2017 to May 30, 2018)

643E1CE1B238C7969ABFC62773F3038C  (Dec 22, 2016 to May 30, 2018)

74BAC30967391B08242D79F7F79449E2  (Feb 26, 2015 to May 28, 2018)

68C47F5E2060C71C80910906B06BBB93  (Nov 09, 2016 to May 28, 2018)

76A1FC71CE00683A2B887A2CFA2F5D6B  (Dec 02, 2015 to May 27, 2018)

27EAB3DE0B03D88D5C4A2AE477B84DFA  (Apr 15, 2012 to Apr 08, 2015)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to APN LLC by VeriSign, Inc. on January 22, 2014 with the serial number '2f4e343161bc7eb67514d3dcec434ea0'.