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oc.exe

Offercast - APN Install Manager

Ask.com

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. The application oc.exe 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Offercast APN Install Manager installer.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.13.0.19884

MD5:
a7bcfffa050a8985bbe71498b7f176bd

SHA-1:
86a1545cf9ce050cd9e12cd75aac31f49cdae5d7

SHA-256:
ef44e1254c854677628195978ab9ca19859895d32bc986c8241a17ddd9cfad22

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
This is the APN Offercast install manager which will offer the user to opt-out of installing the Ask.com Toolbar as part of the setup routine.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 3:53:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.2.22.22

File size:
1 MB (1,071,504 bytes)

Product version:
3.13.0.19884

Copyright:
2010: (c) Ask.com. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
APNInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Offercast APN Install Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\periodicoffer\oc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2017 8:30:00 PM

Valid to:
11/6/2019 8:29:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, O=Ask.com, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
10E57342395FA81AAE79841E0306DED6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/13/2017 9:21:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0xA11E

Entry point:
E8, 43, 51, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E8, D0, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 74, 01, 42, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E4, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08, 51, 89, 08, E8, 20, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 89, 30, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 9C, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 70, 01, 42, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, 08, 00, 42, 00, 74, 27, 40, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 05, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8D, 81, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9170  (probably packed)

Code size:
92 KB (94,208 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-94-136-14.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.94.136.14:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-216-149-4.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.216.149.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-15-248-160.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.15.248.160:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-123-2-107.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.123.2.107:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a72-246-196-27.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (72.246.196.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-1-132-99.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.1.132.99:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-118-104-17.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.118.104.17:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.36.100.103.df.iacapn.com  (199.36.100.103:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a95-100-116-232.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (95.100.116.232:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-250-24.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.250.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-103-83-193.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.103.83.193:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 199.36.101.83.lv.iacapn.com  (199.36.101.83:80)

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