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assist.exe

Mindspark Toolbar Platform for Internet Explorer

Mindspark Interactive Network

The application assist.exe, “Mindspark Toolbar Platform” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Mindspark  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
Mindspark Toolbar Platform for Internet Explorer

Description:
Mindspark Toolbar Platform

Version:
1.0.7.262

MD5:
8e1dade07b03cf334564cccce73944ef

SHA-1:
126d87b6aeb4ac9c8fb174a5ad90742fe0e661fa

SHA-256:
90f8d3fcb8e4de2b9ffd85f055592a758d930b6a9d97a1a0cdf67106de2d2707

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:
1/13/2025 10:42:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.3.9.3

File size:
14.1 MB (14,749,696 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.15.30

Copyright:
Copyright © 2009-2015 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.

Original file name:
ApaBar.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\packagetracer_69\bar\1.bin\assists\apa\bar\assist.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2018 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:
7E312B01F728FBB69DC3D253C5A66FBB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2015 10:43:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xBDA5

Entry point:
E8, 90, 50, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 14, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, E6, 26, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 08, 83, C0, 02, 66, 85, C9, 75, F5, 2B, 45, 08, D1, F8, 48, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1695

Code size:
127.5 KB (130,560 bytes)

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