totalrecipesearchsetup2.3.99.33.ykfox000.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (TotalRecipeSearch/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 totalrecipesearchsetup2.3.99.33.ykfox000.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address anx.mindspark.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
TotalRecipeSearch  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
TotalRecipeSearch

Version:
2, 0, 0, 12

MD5:
9adb9b2228d8e291524956db56e9cd49

SHA-1:
d1616df35be5400f302d5cc802283f0f2b91737d

SHA-256:
83a2e3c1ad0e9236198648b5d2c84b55cc47073602d4d79d36d6e1fb0a4e3968

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:
4/19/2024 1:13:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.3.9.10

File size:
2.2 MB (2,275,272 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 0, 12

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009, 2010

Original file name:
14Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\totalrecipesearchsetup2.3.99.33.ykfox000.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/31/2010 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2012 5:29:59 AM

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 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:
41730EB0E6D92A476E16628A0DBEFB36

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/2/2011 12:43:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x35B9

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, FC, 50, 40, 00, A3, 24, 6C, 40, 00, FF, 15, 90, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 8C, 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, 88, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.6228

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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