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tmp000000055f115c61eecaa090

Ask.com

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. The file tmp000000055f115c61eecaa090 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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e10bd34e82afeef127ed6f13cb0f740f

SHA-1:
03b23a11901d08fcf69d3e24c213893ddde6f12d

SHA-256:
fcb04749076ac8a181992ffabddffa12febcd880f19bddd768d545c01cb71b40

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 4:56:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.2.9.13

File size:
512 KB (524,288 bytes)

Installer:
APN Stub

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\tmp000000055f115c61eecaa090

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2011 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 3:59:59 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:
6/21/2012 12:16:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:TdsYMU3Du+nMgdZ327IjVnxTZ+Gq86kxZkTMyj95zgndZM3R5jdPjib:xZdZ3kIj/8d2JeZf3R5jROb

Entry address:
0xA9DD

Entry point:
E8, 48, 4F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 60, B6, 41, 00, E8, 89, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, C4, 15, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 18, 14, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 1F, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 95, 01, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 13, 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, 70, 81, 41, 00, 83, 3D, F4, FB, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, CA, 45, 00...
 
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Code size:
88.5 KB (90,624 bytes)

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