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updatetask.exe

Ask.com

This is the updater scheduled task run by the Ask.com branded toolbar that runs every 24 hours and suggests updates to the browser add-on (and the web browser) and will perform automatic updates to the toolbar with new functionality. The application updatetask.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program Ask Toolbar by Ask.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6b773ba457b813850a76493b3425ab35

SHA-1:
0b3731e8e44cfc08ed73e8c113e51a27ed2ee69f

SHA-256:
ee7c7009730da6c4b67db2f3a5392f2831e4529dc06c0f05c6f0f2918797d832

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:07:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.Task.Ask.K
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask
15.4.21.13

File size:
128.9 KB (131,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\updatetask.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2008 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 2:59:59 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/2/2011 6:10:05 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:qDsUF05M7hUzx9rugq+cmczxm0F1Cpv5bdkjsri9xNCBoD+Be8HE5eb6t:sFy9igqHzt1CpJwxNCBoD+BeEnb2

Entry address:
0xA224

Entry point:
E8, 5C, 4C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C0, A5, 41, 00, E8, CE, 1E, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 24, 05, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 13, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C8, 1B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, DA, 1E, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, BC, 12, 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, 8C, 71, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 54, EB, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, DE, 42, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4570

Code size:
86.5 KB (88,576 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 08:05 ص)


The file updatetask.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Ask Toolbar  by Ask.com
The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.
help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/Article/1/How-do-I-remove-the-Ask-com-Toolbar
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-55-155-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.55.155.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-35-43-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.35.43.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-91-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.91.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-15-155-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.15.155.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-155-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.155.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-43-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.43.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-4-43-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.4.43.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-51-235-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.51.235.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-51-123-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.51.123.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-65-139-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.65.139.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-37-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.37.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-203-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.203.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-43-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.43.75.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-7-139-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.7.139.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-55-149-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.55.149.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-51-117-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.51.117.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-187-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.187.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-4-37-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.4.37.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-187-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.187.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to anubisnetworks.com  (195.22.26.248:80)

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