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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:
7.19.0.220

MD5:
6607de4cfa79fa77b5ece373ddccc10a

SHA-1:
f1810cb8a94134554a67eb4b71933ad6f1aa2c48

SHA-256:
9785177f728c1e155aec3e463b72b2daea5e23a571a285028e89a63f475cfa1e

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:
1/24/2025 12:00:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.12.22

File size:
647.9 KB (663,448 bytes)

Product version:
7.19.0.220

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 APN LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
ApnSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
2F4E343161BC7EB67514D3DCEC434EA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/14/2015 6:03:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4D208

Entry point:
E8, 27, 5A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 84, 2D, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, A9, 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, F2, 1C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 1E, 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, 65, 5B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 04, 1D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73...
 
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Code size:
416.5 KB (426,496 bytes)

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