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unzipappsetup.exe

UnzipApp

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/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 unzipappsetup.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.

File name:

unzipappsetup.exe

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network (signed and verified)

Product:

UnzipApp

Description:

UnzipApp Setup

Version:

1.2.0.414

MD5:

007b872c902f8a2899e378bbc417b57d

SHA-1:

0d97ab721006619f9414b0f5330d73d1abe9a9c7

SHA-256:

8f58764e4bc41ebbb486cf7310c7183bf6a3c0d02f4482da6bfb80cf05b7836d

Scanner detections:

11 / 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.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

5/17/2025 9:42:34 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

avast!

Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]

2014.9-150723

AVG

MyWebSearch

2016.0.3040

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch

4.0.3.15723

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AO potentially unwanted (variant)

9.11814

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/MyWebSearch

7/23/2015

G Data

Win32.Adware.Mindspark

15.7.25

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Mindspark.A

v2015.07.23.03

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.Bundler (M)

15.7.23.3

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0421

7.2.204

VIPRE Antivirus

MyWebSearch.J

41282

File size:

4.3 MB (4,471,584 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.0.414

Trademarks:

Original file name:

suf_launch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Mindspark Custom Setup

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\unzipappsetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/10/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/7/2015 2:59:59 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 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:

8/27/2013 10:10:44 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:ahIm0gDHMxJJd6uxcK4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjZC3CcQWxH+nOyiotzOT:mImhC36uGjgev1ktnACGU+1dOT

Entry address:

0x29E1

Entry point:

E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08... 
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Entropy:

7.9181 (probably packed)

Code size:

22 KB (22,528 bytes)

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

http://ak.dl.unzipapp.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/UnzipApp/1429420819658/.../UnzipAppSetup.UnzipApp_dt.bapifhemffgodhpdfkeecbkgkdkddaaj.ch.exe

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