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popularscreensavers.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

The application popularscreensavers.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. This version of the file will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from ak.exe.imgfarm.com.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d5f1c7e8f60e6a5a28cd2ebfdd9e5d88

SHA-1:
e55941b4873a7223dd02570648871d8b16d62d5a

SHA-256:
44be9775c09ebeab72825b1e03d9af805a86946ba2a7814f8554b1c8c0580954

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 11:25:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Adware/FunWeb.146752
2013.04.23

avast!
Win32:FunWeb [PUP]
2014.9-140709

AVG
Zango
2015.0.3418

Clam AntiVirus
Adware.FunWebProducts
0.98/18155

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.FunWeb.DA
16032

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdInstaller (variant)
8.8256

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch
14.0.0.3587

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork.T
14.8.8.2

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.MyWebSearch/FunWebProducts
10494

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch.J
17110

File size:
151.3 KB (154,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\popularscreensavers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/5/2012 6:49:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:28PoL7JNfUT1jFKIr/79/RTxE4wPRv+nv/w5xUfcLeZ1i43BqNUtL6j/sl4MI36J:zuNfcKIr/p5GMnkxUCeyQqNE4/M+6hj7

Entry address:
0x1745

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, D8, 30, 40, 00, A3, 24, 42, 40, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, E4, 30, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.4846

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
8 KB (8,192 bytes)

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

http://ak.exe.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/mindspark/ei/.../PopularScreenSavers.exe

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