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televisionfanaticsetup2.5.15.0.pd^xp^xdm044^yya^us.coqgwoiev8acfzcufgodlycala.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (TelevisionFanatic/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 televisionfanaticsetup2.5.15.0.pd^xp^xdm044^yya^us.coqgwoiev8acfzcufgodlycala.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
TelevisionFanatic  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
TelevisionFanatic

Version:
2, 0, 5, 6

MD5:
d4b9f80d725fea302acccd323796385a

SHA-1:
3ea7cc7f1d85d300b1a1a8c72e37e431c581938f

SHA-256:
488f75a6b14a182914a38ab35201c436c6fcd0ad99332bc2e197bb6ce18fae08

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:04:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-150227

AVG
Zango
2016.0.3185

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch
4.0.3.15227

Dr.Web
STPAGE.Trojan
9.0.1.058

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
9.10341

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/FunWeb
2/27/2015

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.2420

McAfee
Artemis!0FB95E1D2149
5600.6841

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.WebSearch.dedrnq
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Adware/WebSearch
15.02.27.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Mindspark
15.2.27.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.14BC5C6C!347888748
23.00.65.15225

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
32698

File size:
5.7 MB (5,970,320 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 5, 6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009 - 2014

Original file name:
64Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\pz5mu2st\televisionfanaticsetup2.5.15.0.pd^xp^xdm044^yya^us.coqgwoiev8acfzcufgodlycala.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 4:59:59 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:
7/1/2014 10:38:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:XcAq56/LJpxkvEqQJPoR/J2EwRm41fRJBFAuXmzK1MVGMFkF+yDH6zN:XI5eLxfqQ+R/wEH4FRJBFfXcK1O4+yLW

Entry address:
0x3E96

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 04, 51, 40, 00, A3, 24, 8B, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 64, 51, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 84, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.7485

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

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)

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