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APN LLC

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APN LLC is a software developer located in Oakland, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of potentially unwanted software. APN (Ask Partner Nework) is a web browser toolbar creation, distribution and monetization platform. Ask provides software publishers with a means to create a custom toolbar and to distribute/monetize it by co-bundling the toolbar with the publisher's products. Thre are 6 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2018 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, 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:
74bac30967391b08242d79f7f79449e2

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (4c8962a0dcaebe9e298ecf0958128f59)

1 / 68      (PUP)
Toolbar.exe (Toolbar Core by APN)  (5cd09d605cf3118b9dd8595548289147)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (4c8962a0dcaebe9e298ecf0958128f59)

1 / 68      (PUP)
idcsrv_x64.dll (IdcSrv by APN)  (ab4a62655520bb9d1da87aad0ca35291)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.27.0_ars3.msi  (8f9cc088a619cfb420176dc39d53d532)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (4c8962a0dcaebe9e298ecf0958128f59)

1 / 68      (PUP)
24b71.msi  (7ecbb93d07a45f81cb10bf7de7b8eb59)

1 / 68      (PUP)
APNNativeMsgHost.exe (APN Native Messaging Host by APN)  (bbfe981fc6626b5b5610975eaee7d218)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (4c8962a0dcaebe9e298ecf0958128f59)

1 / 68      (PUP)
101d8271.msi  (52cb1ee78cdbab858d403cd5a831d185)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (b1227eeffa56da6d374169ffffd17228)

1 / 68      (PUP)
idcldr_x64.exe (IDC by APN)  (3bdb596ba4471ccba2e1cec0d7b908e4)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp00000002bff6d5320249ad09 (APN Updater by APN)  (525b49572f96b3e09360e6aa6d1d795d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp00000001fc738035c45933ff (Search Hook by APN)  (255390d1b03bfa3ac347d8d1d200f980)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (b1227eeffa56da6d374169ffffd17228)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.35.0_epnv64.msi  (f7b1963dc29ea13489c32ab4371298c5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.29.0_epnv64.msi  (7eff6df23cf79c17d1eb9b03cfa5b2ff)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.27.0_epnv64.msi  (bb164a5c7668c415597272a7e5096517)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ApnSetup.exe (Stub Installer by Ask Partner Network)  (d477dc98b29b0854146a6308d2421cb2)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (b1227eeffa56da6d374169ffffd17228)

1 / 68      (PUP)
IdcSrv.dll (IdcSrv by APN)  (d9bdb9ed667c22ff0124f84f6a197dce)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp17e5556621b0fee3 (APN Toolbar Notifier Helper by APN)  (0a086559c8b0827acffac505ad3190fb)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (c45d84c1c5021f792420f17592a15e0b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.37.0_fwsp-sg.msi  (74e2600c21b7726426c2b192cfff884d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asktoolbarinstaller-12.29.0_orj-v7c.msi  (d7480de6db5c60ba85d9f2222be10f41)

1 / 68      (PUP)
IdcSrvStub.dll (IDC Server Stub by APN)  (aaf4ce19eff7db1b7bafd413496cda4f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tmp00000002eb8ae4f05de80cac (APN Toolbar Notifier Helper by APN)  (c7b472c5a6b2ee965870231064cc598f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (8cf00339d2d58a07ccad592dfe01b310)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (4c8962a0dcaebe9e298ecf0958128f59)

1 / 68      (PUP)
TBNotifier.exe (Ask TBNotifier by APN)  (4c8962a0dcaebe9e298ecf0958128f59)

 
Latest 30 of 3,112 files

Top-level domains owned by APN LLC.

ask.com

search-results.com

The certificates below are also signed by APN LLC.

76997BE0BEDD94B560401FBF6D0AC37F  (Jan 27, 2017 to May 30, 2018)

643E1CE1B238C7969ABFC62773F3038C  (Dec 22, 2016 to May 30, 2018)

68C47F5E2060C71C80910906B06BBB93  (Nov 09, 2016 to May 28, 2018)

76A1FC71CE00683A2B887A2CFA2F5D6B  (Dec 02, 2015 to May 27, 2018)

2F4E343161BC7EB67514D3DCEC434EA0  (Jan 23, 2014 to Apr 09, 2015)

27EAB3DE0B03D88D5C4A2AE477B84DFA  (Apr 15, 2012 to Apr 08, 2015)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

IAC Search and Media

Ask.com

IAC

Mindspark Interactive Network

Fun Web Products

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to APN LLC by VeriSign, Inc. on February 26, 2015 with the serial number '74bac30967391b08242d79f7f79449e2'.
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