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taskscheduler.exe

IAC Search and Media

This installer is part of the Ask.com (APN) network which will install the Ask.com branded toolbar or browser extension which will take control of the web browser's search functions. The application taskscheduler.exe by IAC Search and Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
52d92f4f6e0164cc39076478faed9de5

SHA-1:
36987c20c72dfa292322ec841caa936b067893b8

SHA-256:
deb6001a282aade29e1f109ef97983c61edccfa564966fda827fb765d79e73ec

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:
12/24/2024 12:15:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.11.9.9

File size:
133 KB (136,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\taskscheduler.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IAC Search and Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2009 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2012 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IAC Search and Media, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IAC Search and Media, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
596DF135D6540E700E84211A065D9C98

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/25/2011 7:23:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Cd/6lpTlHQhQq4Q49SROure/MVISe3SU0O1Jklg4g2HDs2vspOOyB5IyjN/sscC8:Ci/5EROur5VnSSd6c9cOOyB5IyjN/S9

Entry address:
0xA1F3

Entry point:
E8, 55, 51, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 18, B7, 41, 00, E8, BF, 1E, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 24, 05, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B2, 13, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B9, 1B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CB, 1E, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AD, 12, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 48, 81, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 54, EB, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, D7, 47, 00...
 
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Code size:
91.5 KB (93,696 bytes)

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