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snapmyscreensetup.exe

SnapMyScreen

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application snapmyscreensetup.exe, “SnapMyScreen Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.

File name:

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network (signed and verified)

Product:

SnapMyScreen

Description:

SnapMyScreen Setup

Version:

1.0.7875.147

MD5:

5c010c3161bde70ef4506a3d27b81c1d

SHA-1:

cbf96a74e3f61e0e9cc477bce86c82fe3df1c44e

SHA-256:

689c8baac7a000b1daa6d33ed89c0e40b1d754e203590b33e8a7a86facf6810c

Scanner detections:

10 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

5/16/2025 4:51:43 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

avast!

Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]

2014.9-151115

AVG

MyWebSearch

2016.0.2925

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch

4.0.3.151115

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web

Adware.MyWebSearch.85

9.0.1.0319

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AO potentially unwanted (variant)

9.11480

G Data

Win32.Adware.Mindspark

15.11.25

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.MindSpark.A

v2015.11.15.07

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Bundler (M)

15.11.15.7

VIPRE Antivirus

MyWebSearch.J

39372

File size:

3 MB (3,166,432 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.7875.147

Trademarks:

Original file name:

suf_launch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Mindspark Custom Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\snapmyscreensetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/9/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:

098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/27/2013 3:10:44 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:chIm0gDHMxJWd6uxc2q4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjg1yzOc:IImhCA6uGAgev1ktnSOc

Entry address:

0x29E1

Entry point:

E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08... 
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Entropy:

7.8582 (probably packed)

Code size:

22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file snapmyscreensetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://help.snapmyscreen.com/SnapMyScreenSetup.exe

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