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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 offercastinstaller_avr_u-0113-01-anniversary1-1005-01-en_.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 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.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Offercast - APN Install Manager

Version:
3.8.1.17592

MD5:
54c28e31a240fc9803926fa27f6aab64

SHA-1:
86cf23af19391f5ce58964320d72dfd864f64742

SHA-256:
7d21b8e032685f1fb7e0809f256c3497e6ae882ffb6e02ddb14c919bef460489

Scanner detections:
4 / 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 9:09:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.15118

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12531

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar
v2015.11.08.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Installer (M)
15.11.8.8

File size:
894.3 KB (915,776 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.1.17592

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\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\offercastinstaller_avr_u-0113-01-anniversary1-1005-01-en_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2014 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=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:
8/28/2015 7:15:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:A9uZF/UMKxlD8ZXK79mW2iEKur50B7shubMl35MZ:yAF/LK/+6d2iL00BM3Xs

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:
7.8961  (probably packed)

Code size:
92 KB (94,208 bytes)

The file offercastinstaller_avr_u-0113-01-anniversary1-1005-01-en_.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0009-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0092-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0363-01-ChristmasSanta-0809-01-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0431-02-Blank-0000-00-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0363-01-ChristmasGarland-0809-01-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0175-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0236-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0298-01-pg2-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0087-01-ChristmasGarland-0809-02-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0087-01-WeddingSwirls-1003-01-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0394-01-ProductName-0906-01-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0273-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0351-01-L_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0255-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0272-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0444-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0090-01-BackToSchoolApple-1202-01-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0029-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0087-01-SnowmanFace-0809-01-en_.exe

http://passthrough.fw-notify.net/proceed?extension=exe&filename=OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0119-01-P_.exe&return=http://www.avery.com/vgnfiles//OP/en_us/Static Files/templates/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0119-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0497-01-Blank-0000-00-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0498-01-Blank-0000-00-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0490-01-Blank-0000-00-en_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0125-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0038-01-L_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0001-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0180-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0198-01-P_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0039-01-L_.exe

http://ak.pipoffers.apnpartners.com/static/partners/dynamic/.../OffercastInstaller_AVR_U-0094-01-L_.exe

Latest 30 of 185 download URLs

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-45-196-186.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.196.186:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-45-196-132.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.196.132:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-91-166-113.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.91.166.113:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-46-167-142.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.46.167.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-46-163-41.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.46.163.41:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-38-103-9.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.38.103.9:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-32-41-179.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.32.41.179:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-84-244-161.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.84.244.161:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-31-140-216.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.31.140.216:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-26-62-43.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.26.62.43:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-17-10-80.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.10.80:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-78-235-81.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.78.235.81:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a172-229-230-88.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (172.229.230.88:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-67-66-220.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.67.66.220:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-54-32-194.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.54.32.194:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-40-70-123.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.40.70.123:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-40-69-164.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.40.69.164:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-10-240-59.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.10.240.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to bto-04-097.bto.ras.cantv.net  (200.44.23.225:80)

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