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qloader.exe

Quick Navigation

APN LLC

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application qloader.exe by APN has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Quick Navigation’.
Publisher:
APN LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Quick Navigation

Version:
2.0.0.62

MD5:
09a2aa16b0f580ac06bececfbe2875d4

SHA-1:
1e6497d191a52ad82d13f7534dd1f3c80ac810ad

SHA-256:
b93c832f38816d6283b9bc7ee51e08c11c20d51b9ddc803a48730e757575216d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/4/2024 5:13:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.4.19

File size:
83.3 KB (85,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.62

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013

Original file name:
qnav.dll

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\quick navigation\datamngr\quicknavigation\qloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/16/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=APN LLC, 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:
27EAB3DE0B03D88D5C4A2AE477B84DFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/15/2013 4:56:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4B0F

Entry point:
E8, 68, 23, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, BC, E0, 40, 00, 57, FF, 35, 48, 50, 41, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, 44, 50, 41, 00, 8B, D8, 89, 5D, FC, FF, D6, 8B, F0, 3B, F3, 0F, 82, 81, 00, 00, 00, 8B, FE, 2B, FB, 8D, 47, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 75, 53, E8, 93, 09, 00, 00, 8B, D8, 8D, 47, 04, 59, 3B, D8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, D8, 73, 02, 8B, C3, 03, C3, 3B, C3, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, 2B, 24, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 43, 10, 3B, C3, 72, 3E, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3060

Code size:
48.5 KB (49,664 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Quick Navigation

Command:
"C:\Program Files\quick navigation\datamngr\quicknavigation\qloader.exe"


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