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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:
210f3e8dad19fd09b223fab84ac0a3fd

SHA-1:
706051fa28e5063da5217b4587920a325dbcb1d7

SHA-256:
4cefd9e6499d159fce1a2f70a332dddde45f943dfdbf7265e51bfdce8c6f258c

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 1:26:50 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:
170.9 KB (175,024 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:
6/20/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 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 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:
12/24/2013 1:36:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:+lOXcdAStx0iCMmBN3y81OwW+9QsXx52eH1Zbf:83dd+in+N3lJWB+CS

Entry address:
0xE0A8

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 82, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, F0, 94, 42, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, 0D, 83, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.5019

Code size:
122 KB (124,928 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 12:55 AM)


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 199.36.102.106.df.iacapn.com  (199.36.102.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-57-235-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.57.235.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-41-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.41.75.27:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-37-181-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.37.181.163:80)

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

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

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 a23-51-235-27.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 a23-57-219-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.57.219.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-41-69-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.41.69.163:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-116-245-25.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.116.245.25:80)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-53-107-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.53.107.27:80)

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

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

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