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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. This file is typically installed with the program Ask Toolbar by Ask.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f24803ea9ea0e743707421b474d254c

SHA-1:
50c8f7d10037faca8ca5091dd17d37b77f9448cd

SHA-256:
564e906386ac8d1896bf97b0bd0585102ce6f246bcb717e8ab4645ae55662ca0

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:
4/25/2024 2:24:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.2.8.17

File size:
134.7 KB (137,896 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 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 5:29:59 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:
12/15/2011 5:20:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:CRRf1Ctl7FxVUvSaPaX6kO3B5IXjN/QvbU:CRd1Ctl5cvJaX6kmkX5og

Entry address:
0xA1F3

Entry point:
E8, 55, 51, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, B6, 41, 00, E8, BF, 1E, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 24, 05, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B2, 13, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B9, 1B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CB, 1E, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AD, 12, 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, 48, 81, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 54, EB, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, D7, 47, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5172

Code size:
91.5 KB (93,696 bytes)

The file taskscheduler.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ask Toolbar  by Ask.com
The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.
help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/Article/1/How-do-I-remove-the-Ask-com-Toolbar
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