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askpartnercobrandingtool.exe

Partner Cobranding

IAC Search and Media

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 askpartnercobrandingtool.exe, “Search-Results Toolbar Partner Cobranding” by IAC Search and Media 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.
Publisher:
Search-Results  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Partner Cobranding

Description:
Search-Results Toolbar Partner Cobranding

Version:
5.12.2.16752

MD5:
3e96648cba2bb43dd917486062706e1c

SHA-1:
278957600e562be9dbfab89b92f30c41683770a0

SHA-256:
d1e728ca0fc68a5f185ea9616baa1621e02d99ad030e98531ebaa0362b0e61ac

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:
12/23/2024 11:47:54 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Installer (M)
16.1.22.8

File size:
224 KB (229,352 bytes)

Product version:
5.12.2.16752

Copyright:
(c) Search-Results 2009. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
SRPartnerCobrandingTool

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\askpartnercobrandingtool.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/21/2009 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IAC Search and Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IAC Search and Media, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
596DF135D6540E700E84211A065D9C98

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/18/2011 3:27:02 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:NKqtvd6jtmcu10ixOZVLQqksoEPpUTNph:kzmcu+ixObTksBKNph

Entry address:
0xEB5B

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 88, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 57, FF, 35, BC, D7, 42, 00, E8, CC, 61, 00, 00, FF, 35, B8, D7, 42, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, FC, E8, BC, 61, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 3B, F7, 0F, 82, 83, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DE, 2B, DF, 8D, 43, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 77, 57, E8, 8B, 88, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 43, 04, 59, 3B, F8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F8, 73, 02, 8B, C7, 03, C7, 3B, C7, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, EB, 33, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 47, 10, 3B, C7, 72, 40, 50, FF, 75...
 
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Code size:
138 KB (141,312 bytes)

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