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APNMCP.exe

APN Updater

APN LLC

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application APNMCP.exe by APN 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 www.search.ask.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
APN LLC.  (signed by APN LLC)

Product:
APN Updater

Version:
21.23.0.8342

MD5:
5acd746bb405d39171c703688e0798ef

SHA-1:
10de0491b58292daf1f3c9cc5795ec4fc3eda93d

SHA-256:
17363e593a927821dd6ef1302a47416ed2b3b36140bf31020c8ccce9612535d1

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:
12/24/2024 12:01:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.16.0

File size:
197.6 KB (202,304 bytes)

Product version:
21.23.0.8342

Copyright:
© 2016 APN, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
APNMCP.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\orj-v-teo\source\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\apnmcp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
11/9/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2018 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, O=APN LLC, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
68C47F5E2060C71C80910906B06BBB93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/15/2016 9:43:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x1260D

Entry point:
E8, E5, 74, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 0C, 53, 33, DB, 3B, CB, 76, 1B, 6A, E0, 33, D2, 58, F7, F1, 3B, 45, 10, 73, 0F, E8, 2D, 03, 00, 00, C7, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 41, 0F, AF, 4D, 10, 56, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 5D, 08, 74, 0B, FF, 75, 08, E8, F8, 52, 00, 00, 59, 8B, D8, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 30, 75, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 59, 59, 85, FF, 74, 14, 3B, DE, 73, 10, 2B, F3, 56, 6A, 00, 03, DF, 53, E8, 45, E5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 8B, C7, 5F, 5E, 5B, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, 68, A1, 42, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3496

Code size:
131 KB (134,144 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.search-results.com  (66.235.120.111:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.search.ask.com  (23.76.222.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to websearch.search-results.com  (199.36.100.106:80)

 
http://websearch.search-results.com/redirect?client=ff&src=kw&tb=GET-SRS&o=634236901&locale=us_ZZ&apn_uid=1902726405&apn_ptnrs=2R&apn_sauid=1268484270&apn_dtid=get001YYPT&q=

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ss.websearch.ask.com  (174.129.25.170:80)

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