suddenlymusiccrxsetup.3f680ead-a6ca-435f-810c-8967f7fb3248.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (SuddenlyMusic/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 suddenlymusiccrxsetup.3f680ead-a6ca-435f-810c-8967f7fb3248.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application.
Publisher:
SuddenlyMusic  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
SuddenlyMusic

Version:
2.2.1.3

MD5:
7b2f4e75a4cf6a8540a7a7d360c3d851

SHA-1:
23682f95e095ae3d038c23e37860468a6617dcaa

SHA-256:
9a6a9f912bb17207af79c63d5a136a2893f1f1e85d649679da41f4b1d9ac3a38

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:
4/18/2024 1:09:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Installer (M)
16.1.29.13

File size:
3 MB (3,116,936 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.1.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012, 2013

Original file name:
93Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\suddenlymusiccrxsetup.3f680ead-a6ca-435f-810c-8967f7fb3248.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 8:59:59 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:
2/27/2014 6:09:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:7+UhrdeQtrWof/Pv8ZuLa8oyFSFEy++EzF2V/i5O:qAnrWopLMqSFp+D0

Entry address:
0x23591

Entry point:
E8, A5, 6E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, C1, 8B, 4D, 08, C7, 00, F8, 9A, 43, 00, 8B, 09, 89, 48, 04, C6, 40, 08, 00, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, 00, 9B, 43, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 74, 2D, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 70, 01, 56, E8, 0C, D7, FF, FF, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, 56, 50, E8, DE, 6E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C6, 47, 08, 01, 5E, 5F, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 8B, F1, 80, 7E, 08, 00, 74, 09, FF...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PEQuake V0.06

Code size:
218.5 KB (223,744 bytes)

The file suddenlymusiccrxsetup.3f680ead-a6ca-435f-810c-8967f7fb3248.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www187.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to anx.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)