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qloader64.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 qloader64.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 Navigationx64’.
Publisher:
APN LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Quick Navigation

Version:
2.0.0.62

MD5:
e9f047eec448c785451ef92e43aada86

SHA-1:
956f5a757ba34ece87eacabb9d48a73fddf94ab2

SHA-256:
ab2d1d913d43cbbadc5675cd177f7395e48dc8dcc1dba19f5aea77e5d2b6b015

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:
12/23/2024 10:59:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.2.20.18

File size:
99.8 KB (102,192 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.62

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013

Original file name:
qnav.dll

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\quick navigation\datamngr\quicknavigation\qloader64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/15/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/8/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
11/14/2013 1:56:51 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x55AC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, AF, 28, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 52, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 20, BA, 08, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 4A, 18, E8, C5, 29, 00, 00, 48, 8B, C8, 48, 8B, D8, FF, 15, 81, AB, 00, 00, 48, 89, 05, 4A, 46, 01, 00, 48, 89, 05, 3B, 46, 01, 00, 48, 85, DB, 75, 05, 8D, 43, 18, EB, 06, 48, 83, 23, 00, 33, C0, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5B, C3, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 48, 89, 7C, 24, 18, 41, 54, 41, 55, 41, 56, 48, 83, EC, 20, 4C, 8B, F1, E8, E3, 13, 00, 00, 90, 48, 8B, 0D, 03, 46, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.0554

Code size:
57.5 KB (58,880 bytes)

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

Name:
Quick Navigationx64

Command:
"C:\Program Files\quick navigation\datamngr\quicknavigation\qloader64.exe"


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