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taskscheduler.exe

IAC Search and Media

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 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.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4bec8cf65e994faa58fb5af9781b2745

SHA-1:
5282a71e66a5fa291972d9aa66104b87a9fa954e

SHA-256:
b61dc37cc9f8de2efd67ed60a3ee0cff9e4d8bb703a0f4ae7e5023277ccff2e7

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:
4/23/2024 7:33:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.8.21.23

File size:
126 KB (129,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 7:59:59 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:
3/21/2011 2:41:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:qwNmEwAh1B1yMeyqok3432KLMNRKRMOukFYvH9iLhzNe+bt2/sccCgi7:DwAhHk34mgRrMiVzNe+btgia

Entry address:
0x9B5E

Entry point:
E8, 52, 4C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, A6, 41, 00, E8, C4, 1E, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 24, F5, 41, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B7, 13, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, BE, 1B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D0, 1E, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, B2, 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, 44, 71, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 54, DB, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, D4, 42, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4767

Code size:
84.5 KB (86,528 bytes)

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