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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. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Quick Media Converter by Cocoon Software and Paltalk Messenger by AVM Software Inc.. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.

File name:

Publisher:

Ask (signed by Ask.com)

Product:

Ask Toolbar

Description:

Wrapper Application

Version:

1.11.3.0

MD5:

5f877d4957b9e034fd4b66e048d44ed6

SHA-1:

ae2b34e628baafd8e18605016589758a24a34f01

SHA-256:

3f948fa19f15c0742501e970a73035073b1b8727137c5be3799117d99dd453af

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 10:12:08 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)

7.9178

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Toolbar.Ask.T

14.8.8.2

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

3.2 MB (3,325,832 bytes)

Product version:

1.11.3.0

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\{random}.tmp\apntoolbarinstaller.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/17/2008 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/18/2011 1:59:59 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/2/2011 4:19:10 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:zN1ANLTufkbVCs/2cex8CfdVY36EfrTzcZsefqRj8SFCiwkKAXtKztSRklpTrch8:z0NGfjDYKEgZ44SFzwq0z4Rkltohle

Entry address:

0x1C45E

Entry point:

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Code size:

200 KB (204,800 bytes)

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

Paltalk Messenger by AVM Software Inc.

Paltalk is an instant messaging service that enables users to communicate via internet chat, voice and video chat. It offers chat rooms and the ability for users to create their own public virtual chat room.

www.paltalk.com

49% remove it

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

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

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

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

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