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askservice.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 askservice.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “ASKService”. This file is typically installed with the program Ask Toolbar by Ask.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b92255f2167d3c5079044e2e31721cf8

SHA-1:
64455d9a96b9af098b8b2afcef75fddb4dc4888e

SHA-256:
3323154dc580b7ee1126f24a5d291e0e1c83a72e5022a027cb027115486754de

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 8:08:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.Service.Ask.K
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Ask.K
14.8.8.2

File size:
453.4 KB (464,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\askbardis\bar\bin\askservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2008 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2011 4:59:59 PM

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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/24/2008 8:25:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:So0pnNNJvf1lM9lqyUn3ajhaunrOa7pom9vmdjlpwa:So0pnNNJvNeTTwKFvrOa7ojlpwa

Entry address:
0x4F256

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, B8, 23, 46, 00, 68, 78, EC, 44, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, BC, 01, 46, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, E0, 25, 47, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, DC, 25, 47, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, D8, 25, 47, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, D4, 25, 47, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 55, 4B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, AB, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, A6, 34, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3999

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

Code size:
380 KB (389,120 bytes)

Service
Display name:
ASKService

Description:
ASK ToolBar Engine

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file askservice.exe 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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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to host.1unlimited.com  (207.244.72.197:80)

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