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offercastinstaller.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 offercastinstaller.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.4.10.15057

MD5:
bbccf97371b1eaaec6147409bd650884

SHA-1:
65f711d3238adecf6c02441e9015226f41cdcd05

SHA-256:
634e55859af5b6ada92e26ad1c6be8421044d2dd215246deeb081d00087a7607

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 12:45:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.11.2

File size:
846.4 KB (866,720 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.10.15057

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}\downloads\offercastinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 4:59:59 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:
3/16/2015 12:49:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

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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Entropy:
7.8811  (probably packed)

Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

The file offercastinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/.../OffercastInstaller.exe

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