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IAC Search and Media

Publisher Information

IAC Search and Media is a software publisher located in Oakland, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of potentially unwanted software. IAC Search and Media (Ask Partner Nework, APN) is a web browser toolbar creation, distribution and monetization platform. IAC 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 2 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2009 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 8:59:59 PM

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

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Toolbar.IACSearchandMedia.Y, PUP.IACSearchandMedia.I, PUP.Installer.IACSearchandMedia.K, PUP.Installer.IACSearchandMedia.N, PUP.Installer.IACSearchandMedia.F, PUP.Installer.IACSearchandMedia.J, PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia, PUP.BHO.Ask, PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia (M), PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Installer (M), PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Toolbar (M), PUP.Ask.IACSearc (M), PUP.Ask.IACSearc.Installer (M), PUP.Ask (M)
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant), Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.K potentially unsafe (variant)
14.00%

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.AskToolbar
2.00%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1031
2.00%

Quick Heal
PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD6
2.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
Updater.exe (Updater by Search-Results)  (d746c02dc1ee841ece107d63be4d6428)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-1.9.0.0.exe (Search-Results Toolbar by Search-Results)  (c826ea7970f8dcada5728388a42dd2a5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
taskscheduler.exe  (c83d44c04c5a069680fc914a16adbe0a)

1 / 68      (PUP)
taskscheduler.exe  (52d92f4f6e0164cc39076478faed9de5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpopup.exe  (5d4f1ce84f0a6b3719ea1711fabaa4e0)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Qbyrd)  (3d614d4adf80dbc061a0df28f87d6f80)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (Qbyrd Toolbar by Qbyrd)  (e2effc2e12c3c6ba811e22823e86f296)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Search-Results)  (30469cd893135ac7cf749c10af4be3d3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
new9b35.tmp.exe (Search-Results Toolbar by Search-Results.com)  (53e699d36fa9f7264f9754cf4f3ebd65)

1 / 68      (PUP)
taskscheduler.exe  (af67e52b22d50b7488de11a09dbfbe0e)

1 / 68      (PUP)
taskscheduler.exe  (2692f453522725e7384376c6ff19eb73)

1 / 68      (PUP)
saupdate.exe  (4032335028162f88d65fd482306be17d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpopup.exe  (92f441c540cf51586c1b80b706169af0)

1 / 68      (PUP)
GenericAskToolbar.dll (Toolbar by Qbyrd)  (f50e98aa3306c525b91eca857c8af1e3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Qbyrd)  (0edf64f0acdc23a3bc661eb4ee543841)

1 / 68      (PUP)
new258c.tmp.exe (Qbyrd Toolbar by Qbyrd.com)  (04f3d9a0c3e3c3fc4bf37ade5dd5e446)

1 / 68      (PUP)
taskscheduler.exe  (4bec8cf65e994faa58fb5af9781b2745)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (Qbyrd Toolbar by Qbyrd)  (031844fb440034e6677e20a0a14f4400)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpopup.exe  (f35491739378bf9d85facad55d9046c3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Qbyrd)  (0b58846ff4d0a1b211a4218912fe4c9d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wrapper.exe (Search-Results Toolbar by Search-Results)  (9bce3f216fff19fe10e3e04ad519f5b6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
new1a53.tmp.exe (Qbyrd Toolbar by Qbyrd.com)  (662c21bef7de5483f39092f0e293c67f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp0000000a82963d85cfbc7a50  (d6cb6db3dd676041901f8fcb15f8bb9f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpopup.exe  (fd7a1e1c17c27ca27dfb14dc214c30eb)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Search-Results)  (1a9515484af104872c911095e3d9df58)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpopup.exe  (1a4d7ba05dde4d3fc748ee1d35190511)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Search-Results)  (ca1d671318504a67a535222248f36b73)

1 / 68      (PUP)
new839f.tmp.exe (Search-Results Toolbar by Search-Results.com)  (79b7446283cb7c5068e21d8a042210a7)

1 / 68      (PUP)
askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (Partner Cobranding by Search-Results)  (3e96648cba2bb43dd917486062706e1c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
updatetask.exe  (142c168fd81f3a661f792632bf41ac19)

 
Latest 30 of 73 files

The certificates below are also signed by IAC Search and Media.

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5367F5135FCC8B151C3E3EE4BEFD1DFB  (Jan 22, 2014 to Oct 20, 2015)

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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to IAC Search and Media by VeriSign, Inc. on October 20, 2009 with the serial number '596df135d6540e700e84211a065d9c98'.
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