eliteunzipsetup.exe

EliteUnzip

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 eliteunzipsetup.exe 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 Mindspark Custom Setup installer.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

Product:
EliteUnzip

Description:
EliteUnzip Setup

Version:
1.2.0.465

MD5:
3faab6fac3c12ec240c9286626f55c08

SHA-1:
39de7ad117c3ceb0f9fa23d39cb7169074321746

SHA-256:
01afb6c30c3e3f0f0d1205bdb1fcaa3ecb5f20831579853fc83e6af1214ce6c5

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.

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:
11/27/2024 9:44:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.Bundler (M)
16.4.8.3

File size:
4.4 MB (4,620,680 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0.465

Copyright:
© 2016 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\eliteunzipsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 9:30:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 9:29:59 PM

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:
8/27/2013 4:40:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:thIm0gDHMxJhd6uxccZVno+sl4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjk3lb6i/+YcB/4LI:fImhCf6uGcngQgev1ktnznlcBl

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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Entropy:
7.9221  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file eliteunzipsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://ak.dl.eliteunzip.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/EliteUnzip/.../EliteUnzipSetup.exe

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