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GenericAskToolbar.dll

Toolbar

Ask.com

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The module GenericAskToolbar.dll by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Ask Toolbar BHO’.
Publisher:
Ask  (signed by Ask.com)

Product:
Toolbar

Description:
Ask Toolbar

Version:
5.12.2.16749

MD5:
79376a9cea108c84fa6311d3dd3d7e3f

SHA-1:
4c96e62d9e79230f113899b7671da6ec8f9e3ba4

SHA-256:
8a630e19c9eaa8fe1873db58b0d049a99ecd8b3e1292d7ddcad1551432c51cbd

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:
11/2/2024 7:30:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.12.17

File size:
1.5 MB (1,568,591 bytes)

Product version:
5.12.2.16749

Copyright:
(c) Ask. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
GenericAskToolbar.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\genericasktoolbar.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2008 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/18/2011 2:29:15 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xC50B5

Entry point:
E9, 96, BC, F8, FF, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 75, E1, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 68, D8, 11, 10, E8, 48, 26, 00, 00, 33, DB, 89, 5D, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 08, 3B, FB, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 75, 1C, E8, EC, 24, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, E8, F2, CA, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, EB, 79, 33, C0, 8B, 75, 0C, 3B, F3, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 74, D6, 33, C0, 38, 1E, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C3, 74, CB, E8, 68, E4, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
6.8704

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
962.5 KB (985,600 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Ask Toolbar BHO

CLSID:
{D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}

CLSID name:
Ask Toolbar


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