» aplusgamersetup.exe
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aplusgamersetup.exe

APlusGamer

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 aplusgamersetup.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 Mindspark Custom Setup installer.

File name:

aplusgamersetup.exe

Publisher:

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

Product:

APlusGamer

Description:

APlusGamer Setup

Version:

2.5.15.31

MD5:

f6b1d54b16b714969c9b54ce9f179935

SHA-1:

f0e34cbcf15623cfd58be3fdadb11ac86ad4d612

SHA-256:

d31441df8ccf68c73623f6ab92718951155ccba2874a6f36a2c547dd6fb57515

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:

1/13/2025 10:39:59 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.2.22.15

File size:

2.3 MB (2,445,888 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.15.30

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\temp\{random}.tmp\aplusgamersetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/3/2016 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2018 4:59:59 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:

7E312B01F728FBB69DC3D253C5A66FBB

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/24/2013 9:01:38 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... 
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Entropy:

7.9958

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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