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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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask Partner Network  (signed by APN LLC)

Product:
Stub Installer

Version:
6.2.0.12

MD5:
14dbc853d5c4ea576d929766d85fdfbd

SHA-1:
50f5fc0c3a3c0b97c70723f4858e8e837aab1458

SHA-256:
88077b3520b2c776b356d2e034093ae114e878ed55619ce2810827baaf38e261

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 5:02:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.3.17

File size:
501.7 KB (513,736 bytes)

Product version:
6.2.0.12

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011 Ask Partner Network. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
APNSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\apnsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/16/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 2:59:59 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:
9/10/2012 11:42:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3537F

Entry point:
E8, 00, 5D, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 50, FD, 45, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 82, 5D, 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, 67, 1E, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 92, 5F, 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, 1E, 14, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 5D, 0D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73...
 
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Entropy:
6.5762

Code size:
307.5 KB (314,880 bytes)

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