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videoscavengersetup2.5.15.8.^z8^man000^yya^.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (VideoScavenger/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 videoscavengersetup2.5.15.8.^z8^man000^yya^.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 18 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
VideoScavenger  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
VideoScavenger

Version:
2, 0, 5, 6

MD5:
c86bd7d5cc3d3e3cb8cc0fade558df4a

SHA-1:
6d41a477286d510d319c25ec35efb754e1b57108

SHA-256:
75b74f3783424fbb65ae7fd9e246cf35ff8ebd4a0cff684fcd14cb8996bdc0ce

Scanner detections:
18 / 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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:50:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-150330

AVG
MyWebSearch
2016.0.3154

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch
4.0.3.15330

Clam AntiVirus
Adware.MyWebSearch-15
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.KillFiles.19123
9.0.1.089

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.V potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11193

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/FunWeb
3/30/2015

G Data
Win32.Adware.Mindspark
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of transitsimplifiedsetup2.5.15.8.^byp^man000^yya^.exe (Adware)
2015.7.4.21

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.196.14997

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.2265

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MindSpark
v2015.03.30.11

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Toolbar.dmrsiz
0.30.0.126

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.ce0
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Mindspark
15.3.30.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.14BC5C6C!347888748
23.00.65.15328

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
37666

File size:
5.7 MB (5,970,312 bytes)

Product version:
2, 0, 5, 6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009 - 2014

Original file name:
1eSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\videoscavengersetup2.5.15.8.^z8^man000^yya^.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/10/2012 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 9:59:59 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:
11/1/2014 5:00:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:poJGtA8HwxxiObinqFQppdTBsW7wkIzqHSEly0o0Gtb1rgM8bzv:6EtA7fiOunqo0Ewr6SEs0o9bCM83v

Entry address:
0x3E59

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 00, 51, 40, 00, A3, 14, 8B, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 64, 51, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 84, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.7030

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
16 KB (16,384 bytes)

The file videoscavengersetup2.5.15.8.^z8^man000^yya^.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000457.YYA.3/.../VideoScavengerSetup2.5.15.8.^Z8^man000^YYA^.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000457.YYA.3/393043-150203155413-YYA.3/.../VideoScavengerSetup2.5.15.8.pd^Z8^xdm021^YYA^pk.CL_YoafD7cQCFcLItAodUVsA0w.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/100000457.YYA.3/393043-150203155413-YYA.3/.../VideoScavengerSetup2.5.15.8.pd^Z8^xdm021^YYA^pk.CO_O4tbV0MQCFTDHtAodmSkA7w.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www187.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to anx.mindspark.com  (74.113.233.187:80)

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