» zwinky.d7f76ff37ae743a28665cb35c0ece7d1.exe
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zwinky.d7f76ff37ae743a28665cb35c0ece7d1.exe

Zwinky

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 zwinky.d7f76ff37ae743a28665cb35c0ece7d1.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.

File name:

Publisher:

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

Product:

Zwinky

Description:

Zwinky Setup

Version:

3.3.0.2

MD5:

2d01e5017ad53d892d7fe8d4f09d4921

SHA-1:

555e4b0b8b793c4af4d35bb6d59b13f879abdd50

SHA-256:

d1279d54c7d6cec1e6d61bb1a38c4d89c6128af6b451ee73305040e3a390a4db

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:

6/1/2024 9:49:00 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.3.16.12

File size:

330.3 KB (338,256 bytes)

Product version:

3.3.0.2

Trademarks:

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:

English (United States d'America)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\zwinky.d7f76ff37ae743a28665cb35c0ece7d1.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/20/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/19/2018 1:59:59 AM

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:

12/25/2013 6:01:44 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

Entry address:

0x3229

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, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00... 
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Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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