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offercast29_sgt_.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 offercast29_sgt_.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 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:
2.9.0.0

MD5:
37066178deb8a03debcca614c0917bac

SHA-1:
b843c3bc1869bf14c873669cc86353eb50553d4c

SHA-256:
3e0a0a9dc7e0fb53237fb502be7c3d836eb5f51dc4fed5c34861125217b8b85a

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
11/30/2024 10:10:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
7.9170

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask.Q
14.8.8.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,130,416 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.0.0

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\{random}.tmp\offercast29_sgt_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/19/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2014 4:59:59 PM

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:
10/30/2013 3:39:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/bKs+XzhaK08djExhZspdCul/GWPYJs3CIuZxrf6noP5EwqdE:/b2Hdj6spdxl/GWgq3Rubrf6M5EwqdE

Entry address:
0x79864

Entry point:
E8, 3D, EF, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, B4, E5, 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, F8, D2, 49, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, A8, 0C, 4C, 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:
6.7868

Code size:
623 KB (637,952 bytes)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a118-214.142-3.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (118.214.142.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-7-241-166.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.7.241.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-56-145-116.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.56.145.116:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-2-64-24.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.2.64.24:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-207-140-96.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.207.140.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-93-106-192.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.93.106.192:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-121-182-24.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.121.182.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-61-102-103.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.61.102.103:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-176-166.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.176.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-214-126-102.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.214.126.102:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-87-254-3.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.87.254.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-86-116-51.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.86.116.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-29-5-164.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.29.5.164:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a118-214.46-3.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (118.214.46.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-123-195-108.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.123.195.108:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-122-65-4.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.122.65.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-108-38-84.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.108.38.84:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-88-200-176.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.88.200.176:80)

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