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Ask.com

Publisher Information

Ask.com is a software developer located in Oakland, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of potentially unwanted software. Ask.com is a toolbar distribution and monetization platform that provides publishers the ability to create white-label toolbars using the APN (Ask Partner Network) platform. Ask in turn provides web search using partners such as Google. Thre are 7 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/19/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Ask.com, OU=Distribution, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:

0965f2ac7236c7e1bdca44ed139b273a

Scanner detections:

Detections (100% detected)

Scan engine

Details

Detections

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Ask (M)

100.00%

1 / 68 (PUP)

setup.exe (Ask Toolbar by Ask) (e78a6553baf2788bdd8d62348ed98069)

1 / 68 (PUP)

saupdate.exe (58cb62bcf878f3db2cc916ee479682bb)

1 / 68 (PUP)

saupdate.exe (2b0de9b9e2b55f864e064298023ab623)

1 / 68 (PUP)

pipinstaller_ptv_.exe (Offercast - APN Install Manager by Ask.com) (97331f2799c5f5dae1a4e5f975f3c7a2)

1 / 68 (PUP)

246167630_stp.exe (357edd393b3facc2761964fd3e0b0136)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (ed53acfacc2090380f3845f71e966665)

1 / 68 (PUP)

saupdate.exe (dcf31ce45ea3c1f13122abe14e2c8037)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Everest.exe (Everest Installer by APN) (59085c6f97ca76e69a772b1ecc8b35f1)

1 / 68 (PUP)

apntoolbarinstaller.exe (Ask Toolbar by Ask) (77e0990be1e47cc7bfa273b6ed299761)

1 / 68 (PUP)

saupdate.exe (beed4684e7a625658413c351bda6485d)

1 / 68 (PUP)

pipinstaller_ptv_.exe (TODO: <Product name> by TODO: <Company name>) (77107e1601b1d7cd92f16a3c48d58275)

1 / 68 (PUP)

updatetask.exe (508cbe1a9c2327420e8e3fd521f5a695)

1 / 68 (PUP)

foxitinstaller_fxtv5_.exe (Offercast - APN Install Manager by Ask.com) (0249d1cb6c36bcf159399c92b8ddb478)

1 / 68 (PUP)

updatetask.exe (210f3e8dad19fd09b223fab84ac0a3fd)

1 / 68 (PUP)

newd57c.tmp.exe (Ask Toolbar by Ask.com) (c174c001850965d769108441a55f2f29)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (fec81596efbbdf36f656ac284ad2ec64)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (5cc648e7890b6f2a6e4aa2864aff28ad)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (a8a9e1fb6d32e96a2ce360381a2eb610)

1 / 68 (PUP)

apntoolbarinstaller.exe (Ask Toolbar by Ask) (b3762f707f527d2e6c5a96c64e5fe9e5)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (a86e37b2e1e0646f6aacc193c8b12964)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (0937db234f976879cb38e637d4ed4cd6)

1 / 68 (PUP)

apnstub.exe (AskStub Application by Ask.com) (4105797f4aae26181f3d2d17a34d715a)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (fd9a3fbcd46a980179571a038c464101)

1 / 68 (PUP)

askpartnercobrandingtool.exe (cd7c4332da01809745b63d87551beaaf)

1 / 68 (PUP)

setup.exe (Ask Toolbar by Ask) (66b9a5e30bf5189e8e12e779c7e89f7a)

1 / 68 (PUP)

updatetask.exe (73d00d49d77174ecc3cf4964c0ef53bd)

1 / 68 (PUP)

Updater.exe (Updater by Ask) (96510adf83a0515bf70ddf4c4d3935f1)

1 / 68 (PUP)

pipinstaller_ptv_.exe (Offercast - APN Install Manager by Ask.com) (a6c423db51c1bf91cc4897aaff74e82f)

1 / 68 (PUP)

askpip_ff_.exe (Offercast - APN Install Manager by Ask.com) (93701f6e59d5944093fd3e35fa67fa8d)

1 / 68 (PUP)

saupdate.exe (672bdb30e00b623d9805c953cf2640c8)

Latest 30 of 10,931 files

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

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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Ask.com by VeriSign, Inc. on June 19, 2011 with the serial number '0965f2ac7236c7e1bdca44ed139b273a'.

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