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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dfa8412897a7875773b8d5fed6701b9a

SHA-1:
cb2f63d1d73ddb17d03af870e058471102006c0e

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:
4/24/2024 5:01:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
16.2.15.4

File size:
302.5 KB (309,718 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 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 4:59:59 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 8:10:05 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mjg8zt4uxUWwgl1xN98UolvFULynFeRGmd6RqHIufi:mjg8J4uDHoJ8kqHNfi

Entry address:
0x26000

Entry point:
68, A3, A9, 0C, 00, 58, 90, BA, 1C, 60, 42, 00, 90, 68, 98, 05, 00, 00, 5E, 90, 90, 31, 04, 32, 83, EE, 03, 4E, 75, F7, 90, 90, 4B, D4, 0D, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00, A3, A9, 4C, 00, 87, 0B, 0C, 00, 2B, AA, 0E, 00, 75, A0, 0E, 00, A3, 19, 0E, 00, A2, A9, 0C, 00, F7, D9, 4D, 00, E7, 10, 4D, 00, F7, 10, 4D, 00, 43, 0A, 0D, 00, E1, 10, 0D, 00, F1, 10, 0D, 00, F7, F7, 0D, 00, E1, 10, 0D, 00, F1, 10, 0D, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00, 6B, D9, 4D, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00, A3, A9, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5443

Code size:
86.5 KB (88,576 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 10:01 AM)


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