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ToolbarUtilityTool.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 file ToolbarUtilityTool.exe , “Utility to cleanup the toolbar when uninstall fails” 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 file has been seen being downloaded from apnmedia.ask.com.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Description:
Utility to cleanup the toolbar when uninstall fails

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
bb46ab6b0749c5e571ef1624dc821833

SHA-1:
5f147e83c31d0b73eb286581fe72fd590548573f

SHA-256:
f5de896b3804f8fa2db492b6a3848807df1ed2154011d31cff8ba98dc533eb13

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:
4/26/2024 1:15:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Toolbar.Ask.T
14.8.8.2

File size:
263.2 KB (269,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright: APN LLC (c). All rights reserved.

Original file name:
ToolbarUtilityTool.exe

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\toolbarutilitytool.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/19/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2014 7:59:59 PM

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:
8/1/2011 2:08:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Ab5p2ST5wP8QpkvD5KOVzy7FrTR3iLPyBWYTWMjAnXvRtoz5eRqJcDK43IM+b7:O5w0QpI5KOVu7ZRSLPyBRTNwJZRlIX

Entry address:
0x13122

Entry point:
E8, AE, 63, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 54, 3D, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 30, 64, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 3C, B7, 42, 00, E8, 28, 65, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 25, 15, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 6F, 65, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D...
 
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Entropy:
6.1302

Code size:
159.5 KB (163,328 bytes)

The file ToolbarUtilityTool.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://apnmedia.ask.com/media/toolbar/utilities/.../ToolbarUtilityTool.exe

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