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askBar.dll

Ask.com Toolbar

Ask.com

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The module askBar.dll by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Ask Toolbar by Ask.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

askBar.dll

Publisher:

Ask.com (signed and verified)

Product:

Ask.com Toolbar

Version:

4.1.0.1

MD5:

df1cd360dac412174f8f088a7c2dda6a

SHA-1:

f8dee838e210c3f5ad4060006d707987b495e682

SHA-256:

474b922e781d427287ca1e996804bd7a0598d3fce3931e11659029e15cddf58a

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:

12/24/2024 12:44:55 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask (M)

16.10.22.10

File size:

260.2 KB (266,416 bytes)

Product version:

4.1.0.1

Original file name:

askBar.dll

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\askbardis\bar\bin\askbar.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ask.com

Authority:

GeoTrust Inc

Valid from:

7/13/2006 3:51:35 PM

Valid to:

7/13/2008 3:51:35 PM

Subject:

CN=Ask.com, OU=GeoTrust Code Signing, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:

CN=GeoTrust TrustCenter CodeSigning CA I, O=GeoTrust Inc, OU=GeoTrust TrustCenter CodeSigning CA, C=US

Serial number:

00A14100010020D9D7891D7DD5115F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/4/2008 1:17:39 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:KLVe374OT8hvTSGXBOfVgBsBubETmTNmOP:EVe3DTOKVgsBuUc

Entry address:

0xD108

Entry point:

FF, 74, 24, 0C, FF, 74, 24, 0C, FF, 74, 24, 0C, E8, 2A, 63, FF, FF, C2, 0C, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 02, 10, 33, C0, C3, A1, A0, CC, 02, 10, 56, 85, C0, 75, 13, FF, 74, 24, 08, 50, FF, 35, 40, CC, 02, 10, FF, 15, 04, 72, 02, 10, 5E, C3, 8B, 0D, A4, CC, 02, 10, 8B, 15, 9C, CC, 02, 10, FF, 05, A4, CC, 02, 10, 23, D1, 8B, 34, 90, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 83, C0, 08, 50, 6A, 00, 56, FF, 15, 04, 72, 02, 10, 85, C0, 74, 07, 89, 30, 83, C0, 08, 5E, C3, 33, C0, 5E, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 33, C9, 3B, C1, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 08, E8... 
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Entropy:

6.7684

Code size:

152 KB (155,648 bytes)

The file askBar.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Ask Toolbar by Ask.com

The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.

help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/Article/1/How-do-I-remove-the-Ask-com-Toolbar

81% remove it

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