» guffinssetup2.5.14.33.pd^yj^xdm003^yya^us.cm26oqldkbocfyqz4aod2hwajq.exe
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guffinssetup2.5.14.33.pd^yj^xdm003^yya^us.cm26oqldkbocfyqz4aod2hwajq.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Guffins/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 guffinssetup2.5.14.33.pd^yj^xdm003^yya^us.cm26oqldkbocfyqz4aod2hwajq.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address anx.mindspark.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

Guffins (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

Guffins

Version:

2, 0, 4, 17

MD5:

4b9856b3d457f849384a17925e5864e6

SHA-1:

54e8a58bf62a1178e7e195b6513d1c4af7dfe658

SHA-256:

cdcca4de74df73e291c84889d4c1c60de85fa166fd67819c4fd9cc919ecf0079

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:

5/13/2024 7:45:36 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.3.16.8

File size:

4.1 MB (4,258,168 bytes)

Product version:

2, 0, 4, 17

Original file name:

u4Setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\guffinssetup2.5.14.33.pd^yj^xdm003^yya^us.cm26oqldkbocfyqz4aod2hwajq.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/9/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/6/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:

8/29/2013 4:20:13 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

Entry address:

0x4407

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 10, 51, 40, 00, A3, AC, 8E, 40, 00, FF, 15, 98, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 94, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 70, 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, 90, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45... 
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Entropy:

7.9602

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

16 KB (16,384 bytes)

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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