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askpartnercobrandingtool.exe

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 application askpartnercobrandingtool.exe 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cd7c4332da01809745b63d87551beaaf

SHA-1:
dbe29699e48d6e1fa953b6e033e901fe4f6fba2f

SHA-256:
66153031fed9ca7dc65e0d42a262564db145f60e7f05934472fc548ae5a19e52

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 11:52:36 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.13.20

File size:
240.6 KB (246,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2011 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 5:29:59 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:
1/25/2013 3:46:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xEB6B

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, ED, 33, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 47, 10, 3B, C7, 72, 40, 50, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
5.1544

Code size:
138 KB (141,312 bytes)

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