» typingfanaticsetup.exe
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typingfanaticsetup.exe

TypingFanatic

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./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 typingfanaticsetup.exe, “TypingFanatic Setup” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer.

File name:

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

TypingFanatic

Description:

TypingFanatic Setup

Version:

2.5.15.21

MD5:

b50ce9f26bdd1500f23dd758211c623b

SHA-1:

d26698e0723e5b1a57b7337a54f1a2e4dab5c1b6

SHA-256:

c58b1860e06181cb42f3023da071eddc7687be0b685e4c8adaa4bd7ad966eb25

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.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

6/1/2024 9:48:41 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.3.16.1

File size:

2.4 MB (2,464,456 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.15.19

Trademarks:

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Mindspark Custom Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\typingfanaticsetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/19/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:

438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/24/2013 11:01:38 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

Entry address:

0x3358

Entry point:

81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 92, 42, 00, E8, B7, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 91, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 90, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 7C, 93, 40, 00, 68, E0, 81, 42, 00, E8, 22, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 10, 2B, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9960

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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