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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 offercast3130_atu3_.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.13.0.19884

MD5:
380338ce3b8e1fd39af65b6dd2da029a

SHA-1:
155f0c1ad26ce0109acb438f8a1289203afdda2d

SHA-256:
2571ad400062d6fbc6cb986ac19ce9ca6f5aab1caa467843e8b9b6b51505b8b8

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:
12/25/2024 1:00:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.7.27.23

File size:
1.2 MB (1,304,568 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\temp\{random}.tmp\offercast3130_atu3_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/7/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
10B9E2525844B965BFD1932E5265E605

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/12/2016 6:38:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:n9ucmaRgC7p813e6AoRQv6fxKv/+CptNlKOnGzVK27r235d:93B7U3e6Am2IxKNptNYOnqKqcd

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:
7.9206  (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 a23-4-245-142.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.4.245.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-7-237-91.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.7.237.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-56-193-182.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.56.193.182:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to bto-04-090.bto.ras.cantv.net  (200.44.23.218:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-122-203-12.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.122.203.12:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-49-40-55.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.49.40.55:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-91-82-44.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.91.82.44:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-199-195-101.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.199.195.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-60-75-128.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.60.75.128:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a173-223-52-35.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (173.223.52.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-61-112-56.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.61.112.56:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a84-53-132-19.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (84.53.132.19:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-75-64-217.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.75.64.217:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-198-180-225.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.198.180.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-1-81-199.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.1.81.199:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-126-39-120.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.126.39.120:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to etg-01-074.etg.ras.cantv.net  (200.44.26.74:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a88-221-52-242.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (88.221.52.242:80)

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