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Ask Toolbar

Ask.com

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 toolbar.exe, “wrapper Application” by Ask.com 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:
Ask.com   (signed by Ask.com)

Product:
Ask Toolbar

Description:
wrapper Application

Version:
15, 0, 0, 498

MD5:
929e377422639cc158c992a25b2653c4

SHA-1:
228dbefff5311d84d19b11df32c6b2f4cf140a61

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:
11/2/2024 7:15:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.12.4

File size:
2.2 MB (2,313,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.5.2.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2008 Ask.com

Original file name:
wrapper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\unit_app_75\toolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2008 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2011 8:59:59 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
286F8A30E2EAC6965B936F826A05305D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/30/2009 2:41:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1BCB

Entry point:
E8, 7C, 26, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, E8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, E4, BD, 40, 00, 89, 15, E0, BD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, DC, BD, 40, 00, 89, 35, D8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 3D, D4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 00, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, F4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, D0, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, CC, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, C8, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, C4, BD, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, F8, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, EC, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, F0, BD, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, FC, BD, 40...
 
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Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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