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taskscheduler.exe

Ask.com

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application taskscheduler.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
24d543424fbe6802ef9d2e6a41314f6c

SHA-1:
3156de7e09afd3561649e3ec18b947956d5f9aff

SHA-256:
f8722a8bbc74e25944729fcc5e65c910c9d1504688eded3f3001795d925b5b2d

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:
4/27/2024 3:23:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.2.11.15

File size:
137.6 KB (140,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, 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:
0965F2AC7236C7E1BDCA44ED139B273A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2013 12:00:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Uv8WqD1IGtCJJxuCC2+OOl80VZEaWhYRfkDZ2HYQfdaI77d2b+8BYbDh:qqJnCC2yVSaTdZ57d2b+8BYbDh

Entry address:
0xA56E

Entry point:
E8, AC, 51, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 10, C9, 41, 00, E8, 98, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, E4, 25, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 27, 14, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 2E, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, A4, 01, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 22, 13, 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, 30, 91, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 14, 0C, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 2E, 48, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5088

Code size:
92.5 KB (94,720 bytes)

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