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offercast.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 offercast.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Offercast APN Install Manager installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
2.8.0.2

MD5:
2ac7b1c68346796bb2b494ddf7335401

SHA-1:
e8621b0d3fd3c961db19bb0bc9b4655d0fadefec

SHA-256:
3ef102a91f9d863f391783aaea185aef19f4452ce8b88e5be40282448e8fe595

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/27/2024 8:59:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0352

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
7.9298

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of askinstaller.exe (Adware)
2013.12.20.20

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
v2013.12.18.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.J
14.8.8.2

File size:
1 MB (1,083,824 bytes)

Product version:
2.8.0.2

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

Original file name:
AskInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Offercast APN Install Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/19/2014 12:59:59 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 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:
0965F2AC7236C7E1BDCA44ED139B273A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/25/2013 3:36:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IcEnMrtFER9XnHfvHzEtts01u7SVTrwEYXYGDjNyoBZYkCG:I6sRVnXzEtts01u+VTPYVjNykCG

Entry address:
0x74983

Entry point:
E8, 88, EE, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 34, 85, 49, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, D4, 72, 49, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, A8, 9C, 4B, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, AC...
 
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Entropy:
6.8469

Code size:
598 KB (612,352 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-122-88-158.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.88.158:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-32-42-144.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.32.42.144:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-193-216-95.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.193.216.95:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-82-93-2.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.82.93.2:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-103-198-50.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.103.198.50:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-205-211-95.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.205.211.95:80)

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