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asktoolbar.exe

Ask Toolbar

Ask.com

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 asktoolbar.exe, “Wrapper Application” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask  (signed by Ask.com)

Product:
Ask Toolbar

Description:
Wrapper Application

Version:
1.8.0.0

MD5:
4ff9f3165c2bb2bf3a553148e406301f

SHA-1:
48a05ce3a8403eaa4611d7640b3e354b4a786740

SHA-256:
86fedf89d4fcd0edcc35bb40d918f490f879577a858663f73898082d84adea14

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:
11/2/2024 7:32:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.12.9

File size:
2.9 MB (3,023,183 bytes)

Product version:
1.8.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2010 Ask.com.

Original file name:
wrapper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\asktoolbar.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:
5/26/2010 3:23:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xA6BB

Entry point:
E9, 98, 78, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, F8, 1C, 42, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, DB, 74, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 44, A8, 40, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6325

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
88 KB (90,112 bytes)

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