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theanswerfinderuninstall.exe

Installer

Mime Ventures LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application theanswerfinderuninstall.exe by Mime Ventures has been detected as adware 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program TheAnswerFinder by TheAnswerFinder.
Publisher:
Mime Ventures LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
7324a0bf118763c32e3ab1f361e7a435

SHA-1:
79b42f43c58ccbe1ad56c37a1be012a3901794ee

SHA-256:
b6347bd81da75ab6062b40638c18b4b010833a5e15ea665d1d7bce5cbadefd3e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 11:45:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.13.16

File size:
367.9 KB (376,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
TheAnswerFinderInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\theanswerfinder\theanswerfinderuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mime Ventures LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/17/2014 10:39:32 AM

Valid to:
10/18/2015 10:39:32 AM

Subject:
E=admin@theanswerfinder.com, CN=Mime Ventures LLC, OU=TheAnswerFinder.com, O=Mime Ventures LLC, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121EDDEAF81A380FF278B94B619A213DEEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/21/2014 4:33:53 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x59526

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8258

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
349.5 KB (357,888 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
TheAnswerFinder

Display publisher:
TheAnswerFinder

Display version:
1.0.7

Uninstall string:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\theanswerfinder\theanswerfinderuninstall.exe -uninstall


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to stats-182385724-1591972470.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com  (54.221.252.69:80)

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