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apntoolbarinstaller.exe

Ask Toolbar

Ask.com

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 apntoolbarinstaller.exe, “Wrapper Application” by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Ask Toolbar Setup installer. This file is typically installed with the program Quick Media Converter by Cocoon Software. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Ask  (signed by Ask.com)

Product:
Ask Toolbar

Description:
Wrapper Application

Version:
1.12.5.0

MD5:
60bbffe779cb46da911c89d41e58f73b

SHA-1:
3701e8181b11ae1327ef97b857d970bc33b2f1e2

SHA-256:
4227529a773bf2e65ee2a73f681676535abfd63d74645de6441d00ebf11b6312

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 10:02:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
7.9165

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Toolbar.Ask.T
14.8.8.2

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
3.3 MB (3,500,712 bytes)

Product version:
1.12.5.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2010 Ask.com.

Original file name:
wrapper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Ask Toolbar Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, 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:
0965F2AC7236C7E1BDCA44ED139B273A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2011 4:23:47 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:THDUfjDYKEgZ2tkG4YXZ0fNzfkLnngxNi:THgfjCinGNJgNfk7gC

Entry address:
0x1C82F

Entry point:
E8, 23, B3, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, D4, 69, 44, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, ED, B3, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, B4, C9, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72...
 
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Entropy:
7.6506

Code size:
202 KB (206,848 bytes)

The file apntoolbarinstaller.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Quick Media Converter  by Cocoon Software
Quick Media Converter includes a branded version of the Ask.com Toolbar, a web browser extenstion that provides search advertising and results. Upon installation the user is presented with the option to install the Ask toolbar.
www.cocoonsoftware.com
About 9% of users remove it
 
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The file apntoolbarinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ep.wl.facdn.com/ep/download/.../ApnToolbarInstaller.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74.113.233.61.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.61:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.36.102.106.df.iacapn.com  (199.36.102.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.36.100.106.df.iacapn.com  (199.36.100.106:80)

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