» televisionfanaticsetup.exe
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televisionfanaticsetup.exe

TelevisionFanatic

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application televisionfanaticsetup.exe, “TelevisionFanatic Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network 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 Mindspark Custom Setup installer.

File name:

Publisher:

Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

TelevisionFanatic

Description:

TelevisionFanatic Setup

Version:

2.5.15.31

MD5:

ba811599b52c26216a2a4c6c4fbb732d

SHA-1:

9c13862afb437ed1626270c8b8c8e38372a8d377

SHA-256:

63f733139ee8201859a6c1703769540e62413f2ea43f10b7d1fa724e75ea07b7

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.

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

1/13/2025 10:53:41 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.2.23.9

File size:

2.3 MB (2,398,624 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.15.30

Trademarks:

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Mindspark Custom Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\televisionfanaticsetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/3/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/18/2018 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:

7E312B01F728FBB69DC3D253C5A66FBB

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/25/2013 1:01:38 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

Entry address:

0x3358

Entry point:

81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 92, 42, 00, E8, B7, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 91, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 90, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 7C, 93, 40, 00, 68, E0, 81, 42, 00, E8, 22, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 10, 2B, 00, 00... 
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Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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