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ieupgradeassistapp.exe

Mindspark Tooltab Platform for Internet Explorer

Mindspark Interactive Network

The application ieupgradeassistapp.exe, “Mindspark Installer Plugin” 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. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘IEUpgradeAssistApp.1’.
Publisher:
Mindspark  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
Mindspark Tooltab Platform for Internet Explorer

Description:
Mindspark Installer Plugin

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
6f2930c5298b72ce72df1ba20d63026e

SHA-1:
ef5977f54d5b8134c918ffc6570893d22015d5f4

SHA-256:
e69da174f5c108ebc8f8f95f382f50d389a939d59c37adab8d9be645dc50365d

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:
11/5/2024 6:56:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.3.15.5

File size:
222.1 KB (227,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
(c) Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
IEUpgradeAssist.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\ieupgradeassistapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 7:59:59 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:
12/5/2016 4:42:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1374E

Entry point:
E8, D1, 5B, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 10, 1E, 43, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, E0, F8, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 08, 5D, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.4897

Code size:
133.5 KB (136,704 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
IEUpgradeAssistApp.1

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\ieupgradeassistapp.exe" \start


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