butterflyfieldsetup.exe

ButterflyField

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application butterflyfieldsetup.exe, “ButterflyField Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

Product:
ButterflyField

Description:
ButterflyField Setup

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
dc1354859a23773e78ab993cd375ef8d

SHA-1:
91f2707426a3441ebbb767a323536c7242b64332

SHA-256:
ba26e7ec6305ebfcaf7763026bde9d16c6063380aa2a35075ba34fde7ec5d04d

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:41:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-140906

AVG
Zango
2015.0.3360

Panda Antivirus
Adware/WebSearch
14.09.06.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.T
14.9.6.8

VIPRE Antivirus
31786

File size:
14.1 MB (14,798,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
© 2013 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
suf_launch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Mindspark Custom Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\butterflyfieldsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2013 12:10:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:eQyb7E8zBaf8JK6HDV8wO2xhs1B+ClMXA:eVb7EOafO9jV8wO0o

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9944  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

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