easypdfcombine.0a08577ff4b94f029d90188077f5b40c.exe

EasyPDFCombine

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 easypdfcombine.0a08577ff4b94f029d90188077f5b40c.exe, “EasyPDFCombine Setup” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
EasyPDFCombine

Description:
EasyPDFCombine Setup

Version:
2.7.1.1000

MD5:
3b6855ddee3df8e40cf95eb9bfce6c4a

SHA-1:
1a513060b3c8354341b0d77b85ced9366d08d284

SHA-256:
7653b36005b53b32117418b7bcb54bf907b3f334b83084cb3024f96d01441d79

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:
12/25/2024 1:42:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.Installer
17.2.23.0

File size:
366.4 KB (375,224 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.1.1000

Copyright:
© 2015 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\easypdfcombine.0a08577ff4b94f029d90188077f5b40c.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/20/2015 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2018 8:59:59 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 2:01:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3229

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9230

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file easypdfcombine.0a08577ff4b94f029d90188077f5b40c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 12 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.e8e73c9f65cc472588b817bdc5334e7f.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.6c35843456c64ed1b6eee5da4acd2f77.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.b3549dffe4344af6b28d1c693a7b1d86.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.d4d554e008d84ffeb9ab94a7a39f28eb.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.a4f453be04594535b1bffa6bc617dd55.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.6caccae0ca534cef83c8a98d6178351f.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.b348b79a445744d181f018207a6a2f14.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.12b5c111f50242e0b7290807bdeeb182.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.a6f235b0c18d425990f2927ee182bacb.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.3d86d2eca42a47c3938c844f75a2a2a4.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.9bcee10189534c8e97aff8bff9806d06.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/222529105.S19981.1/nsis/711017-S19981.1/170130115931319/.../EasyPDFCombine.42f42ab52d4e44209a88d3787df98f91.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 74.113.235.138.dub.iaccap.com  (74.113.235.138:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 74.113.237.180.lv.iaccap.com  (74.113.237.180:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 74.113.233.180.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.180:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 74.113.233.192.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.192:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a92-122-180-142.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.180.142:443)

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TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-53-119-69.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.53.119.69:443)

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TCP (HTTP):

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-56-193-182.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.56.193.182:443)

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TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-221-32-92.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.221.32.92:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-216-149-4.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.216.149.4:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a104-85-39-47.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.85.39.47:443)

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TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-72-254-3.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.72.254.3:443)