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TheAnswerFinder.exe

TheAnswerFinder

Mime Ventures LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application TheAnswerFinder.exe by Mime Ventures has been detected as adware 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Mime Ventures  (signed by Mime Ventures LLC)

Product:
TheAnswerFinder

Version:
1.0

MD5:
a9669f6aee77f5c68f85153c08001f97

SHA-1:
7bfd5c7ab71deae7b07a3b7b08881625ff70cbbe

SHA-256:
5c58ccfdf2005f8d5091dda61f2a7cd56d542fb9682d3e790519bbcd45facdca

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/10/2025 6:53:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.11

File size:
1.7 MB (1,787,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © TheAnswerFinder 2014

Original file name:
TheAnswerFinder.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\theanswerfinder\theanswerfinder.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mime Ventures LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/17/2014 10:39:32 AM

Valid to:
10/18/2015 10:39:32 AM

Subject:
E=admin@theanswerfinder.com, CN=Mime Ventures LLC, OU=TheAnswerFinder.com, O=Mime Ventures LLC, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121EDDEAF81A380FF278B94B619A213DEEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2015 12:31:16 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x1B1BCA

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 10, 24, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 8A, 24, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, F2, 27, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 60, 00, 00, 80, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7048

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,768,448 bytes)

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