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offercast349_atu3_.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 offercast349_atu3_.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:
3.4.9.12645

MD5:
a9980613aff68870e842a0e4ac1e0799

SHA-1:
47e7f35c3a341a481f15d3e5b92b9eddeebcc298

SHA-256:
d7d7dad60e2f84b776c8df5e8af9979307ef6ee9e257aa460310c4a1d8e3d591

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:
11/5/2024 10:01:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11248

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Ask
15.2.28.15

File size:
904.3 KB (926,008 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.9.12645

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\offercast349_atu3_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ask.com, 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:
071C9C2CC792BCB19C804C3655D4DE1F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/11/2015 5:18:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cwoU7SIUd0CoUGS0aF9XXP1VKLaXtm6pUlHfptZz9Ns:tomSUCqaF1XP1ALaXRkxtZM

Entry address:
0x95FE

Entry point:
E8, CC, 47, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, D3, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 44, D3, 41, 00, 89, 15, 40, D3, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, D3, 41, 00, 89, 35, 38, D3, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 34, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, D3, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, D3, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, D3, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, D3, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, D3, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, D3, 41...
 
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Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-110-176-116.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.110.176.116:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-4-245-142.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.4.245.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-211-100-157.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.211.100.157:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a201-048-038-203.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (201.48.38.203:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-14-30-3.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.14.30.3:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-41-194-51.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.41.194.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ext-189-247-165-202.uninet.net.mx  (189.247.165.202:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-32-32-141.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.32.32.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-50-132-157.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.50.132.157:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-45-227-222.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.227.222:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-13-20-31.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.13.20.31:80)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ext-189-247-166-25.uninet.net.mx  (189.247.166.25:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-57-140-12.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.57.140.12:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-217-64-217.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.217.64.217:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a173-222-197-5.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (173.222.197.5:80)

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