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askpopup.exe

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 askpopup.exe 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:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fd7a1e1c17c27ca27dfb14dc214c30eb

SHA-1:
96b3b3ac01c5e70377d71ec328e53e6259ce078d

SHA-256:
b1940facc76627a709ce0feeeadaf91b181adc10f461553cfa223ec0e8d62126

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:
11/4/2024 5:04:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.IACSearchandMedia (M)
16.3.7.15

File size:
49.5 KB (50,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2009 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 4:59:59 PM

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:
2/4/2009 7:16:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:JqnnuJSdAIdRYfBgWyPJEEo1A3QLMbCg/:EQaefmvoe3QcCg/

Entry address:
0x2508

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, D8, 70, 40, 00, 68, 58, 35, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 50, 70, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 90, A5, 40, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 8C, A5, 40, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 88, A5, 40, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 84, A5, 40, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, FD, 19, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, C8, 16, 00, 00, FF, 15, 4C, 70, 40, 00, A3, A8, AA, 40, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
4.8069

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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