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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. This file is typically installed with the program Search-Results Toolbar by Search-Results.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
IAC Search and Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2692f453522725e7384376c6ff19eb73

SHA-1:
f8ab353c4d242e065433d6149f4d0a8534b902ee

SHA-256:
963ca38ac1abf3609c2077766e6aef807d367d9e8f176a00a8c77594d7aa8b07

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 12:02:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
16.9.7.18

File size:
107.5 KB (110,056 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:
7/1/2010 4:36:25 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:izUxTUgmkd25PqsdOxh109Bqtmi90kKy6uNYze78Kst50mq5xr5gdNmcCgo:NqPq3h1ooIaqesHMr5gvo

Entry address:
0x77EB

Entry point:
E8, 25, 49, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 20, 5D, 41, 00, E8, 47, 1C, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 00, A2, 41, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 3A, 11, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 41, 19, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 53, 1C, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 35, 10, 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, AC, 30, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 84, 98, 41, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, A7, 3F, 00...
 
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Code size:
71 KB (72,704 bytes)

The file taskscheduler.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Search-Results Toolbar  by Search-Results.com
The Search-Results Toolbar by APN is an advertising supported toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox (a web browser extension) that is typically installed via a software bundler.
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