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butterflyfieldsetup.exe

ButterflyField

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./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, “Butterfly Field Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Setup Factory installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
ButterflyField

Description:
Butterfly Field Setup

Version:
1.0.0.9

MD5:
3f4201ceca5e8322940067aa9947282f

SHA-1:
d5b2ac37c0620d9942ae7f2328afc1ea0e68eb0b

SHA-256:
0bc922b1f5bd08cbae9c12d99f50475c7db805aab6d826de470cb3be1b2e2c51

Scanner detections:
9 / 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.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:40:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Mindspark-A [PUP]
150602-1

AVG
Potentially harmful program MyWebSearch
2014.0.4311

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.MyWebSearch.85
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AO potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Adware.Mindspark
15.6.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Mindspark.A
v2015.06.05.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.W
14.8.8.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.200876
40824

File size:
15.1 MB (15,830,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.4

Copyright:
© 2014 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)

Installer:
Setup Factory

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/10/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 2:59:59 AM

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 10:10:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:egWget8a7E8zBaf8JK6HDV8wO2xhs1B+ClMX+Ax0:e/tl7EOafO9jV8wO0+

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08...
 
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Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file butterflyfieldsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://ak.dl.butterflyfield.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/ButterflyField/1404760161996/.../ButterflyFieldSetup.ButterflyField_8a.ldffhmondlbelipaggflpekkgcmolaej.ch.exe

http://ak.dl.butterflyfield.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/ButterflyField/1404760161996/.../ButterflyFieldSetup.ButterflyField_8a.pdcneoihfmbhicddbddhplmjjdgodbbk.ch.exe

http://ak.dl.butterflyfield.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/ButterflyField/1404760161996/.../ButterflyFieldSetup.ButterflyField_8a.piahcgokfcjpmjgfepcihfpfeeffecpc.ch.exe

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