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answerssetup.exe

Answers Corporation

The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.downloadnow.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Answers Corp.  (signed by Answers Corporation)

Description:
AnswersSetup

Version:
2.4.0.651

MD5:
8e04ba2e242190aab3e22fc2a5b09ee2

SHA-1:
5b85002b2415a051e6fb909bad7f906d1c78c6ed

SHA-256:
c658519343b6d3da08839bfc4e1acdf8c0f1d029f9488903ae6c797fc0a48584

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 10:34:53 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
979 KB (1,002,496 bytes)

Copyright:
Answers Corp

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Answers Corporation

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
1/6/2008 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/2/2008 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Answers Corporation, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Answers Corporation, L=New York City, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
1EEA01772CD9248F48A2A426F59C2BF9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 3:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Jn0UEtogm3vdpQeZlG4f1m3JdicCpoXurZCBweH:J0UE+9pxm3J1Q/2H

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9906

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

The file answerssetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/11/02/73/.../AnswersSetup.exe

http://download1.answers.com/.../AnswersSetup.exe

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