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ApnSetup.exe

Stub Installer

APN LLC

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. The application ApnSetup.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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
Ask Partner Network  (signed by APN LLC)

Product:
Stub Installer

Version:
7.5.0.5

MD5:
e7549bc15583f5cd6954b9bf39e5d596

SHA-1:
16c339b1195b1e0226edf5afc9e1cf892919ecde

SHA-256:
0555a30501443942f90a3b69f9a68bdead5dedc30afeb13688147f2ada1f3b49

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:
11/4/2024 4:54:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.12.6

File size:
574.4 KB (588,151 bytes)

Product version:
7.5.0.5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 Ask Partner Network. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
ApnSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\apnsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/16/2012 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=APN LLC, L=Oakland, S=California, 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:
27EAB3DE0B03D88D5C4A2AE477B84DFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/4/2013 8:55:29 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3D852

Entry point:
E9, 64, BD, FD, FF, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 84, BD, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, B0, 5A, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, D7, 1A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 34, 60, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 7B, 5B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3A, 20, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73...
 
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Entropy:
6.7086

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
348 KB (356,352 bytes)

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