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taskscheduler.exe

IAC Search and Media

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 taskscheduler.exe by IAC Search and Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c83d44c04c5a069680fc914a16adbe0a

SHA-1:
0dcaad5bc36287667bb8efa7558fa0acc66c057e

SHA-256:
4e28fd5010ebaa9b743938b228967355c1445617c498838b977f19326b68925e

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:
4/16/2024 10:51:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.12.6.23

File size:
107 KB (109,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\taskscheduler.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2009 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 6:59:59 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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2010 11:56:14 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x77EB

Entry point:
E8, 25, 49, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C0, 5C, 41, 00, E8, 47, 1C, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, A0, A1, 41, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 3A, 11, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 41, 19, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 53, 1C, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 35, 10, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, AC, 30, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 44, 98, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, A7, 3F, 00...
 
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Code size:
70.5 KB (72,192 bytes)

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