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askpartnercobrandingtool.exe

Partner Cobranding

IAC Search and Media

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 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Search-Results  (signed by IAC Search and Media)

Product:
Partner Cobranding

Description:
Search-Results Toolbar Partner Cobranding

Version:
5.9.0.0

MD5:
ca1d671318504a67a535222248f36b73

SHA-1:
3aa4fb12089175ac19a65a87766f561eae9813b4

SHA-256:
706bf5a00cfd3c67c0f350737828fef2719bdd9439d517b382655b31b6e58e0d

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 11:26:04 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia.Toolbar (M)
16.2.24.19

File size:
223.5 KB (228,840 bytes)

Product version:
5.9.0.0

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

Original file name:
SRPartnerCobrandingTool

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2012 6:59:59 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:
7/1/2010 2:38:28 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:vUUiJRQm8YxMB1Bp6PqLn3b+b4ISpUG7oh:voj8uMtsCTb+bqF7oh

Entry address:
0xEB05

Entry point:
E8, 79, 87, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 57, FF, 35, B8, D7, 42, 00, E8, 10, 42, 00, 00, FF, 35, B4, D7, 42, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, FC, E8, 00, 42, 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, C8, 87, 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, 24, 2D, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 47, 10, 3B, C7, 72, 40, 50, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.6168

Code size:
137.5 KB (140,800 bytes)

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