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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 37 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. 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:
078bbfbb1631f62e57f9e9742d729c7a

SHA-1:
40e5776a978f6d576041b7288fae7d1bac2c908c

SHA-256:
9d3830d8f829f2fdcc1adbe89a2ce850903178754b91f70c46f0b54f3d44eaf5

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 4:54:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
873

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.AP.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2014.07.28

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Kukacka
2014.9-140915

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.3351

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.14915

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1290

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.4959

Boost by Reason
Optional.Task.Ask.K
188838

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
18997

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.21
9.0.1.0258

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
11.2014-15-09_2

G Data
Win32.Sality
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.181.12846

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
14.0.0.3248

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.7007

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.179.1326.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
15.0.0.774

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.yusp
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20140915

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
14.07.27.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
14.09.15.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.Ask.K
14.8.8.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.14913

Sophos
Mal/Sality-D
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11085

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.258

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakb
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
31208

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
94.4 KB (96,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2008 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 1:59:59 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:
5/21/2010 9:15:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:HbNTigxOB5lwvAkdomYwxiAdrKakUFhHpl8kjl5+74eb6Hh:lOsVpZxJl8kjl5+7tbih

Entry address:
0x7E54

Entry point:
E8, E2, 49, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 28, 41, 00, E8, 4E, 1C, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, A4, 5E, 41, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 41, 11, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 48, 19, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 5A, 1C, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 3C, 10, 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, E0, 00, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 44, 55, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 63, 40, 00...
 
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Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 17:05)


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

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 a23-50-155-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.155.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-149-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.149.163:80)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-42-27-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.42.27.27:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-197-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.197.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-52-85-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.52.85.163:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.75.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-49-123-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.49.123.27:80)

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

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

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

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