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Toolbar.exe

Toolbar Core

APN LLC

This is a component of the Ask.com toolbar, a browser extension that will modify the default web browser's search provider, home page and various other settings. The application Toolbar.exe by APN has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
APN LLC.  (signed by APN LLC)

Product:
Toolbar Core

Version:
21.16.0.4618

MD5:
5cd09d605cf3118b9dd8595548289147

SHA-1:
31ce0b87ca27733fbb9a267b005a443ac7aaa778

SHA-256:
2eae91cf7c15a6462dbba5f0b26d076fefe180f530bf4690fe0db89ebf32fe24

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:
12/23/2024 11:25:46 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.16.10

File size:
381.9 KB (391,056 bytes)

Product version:
21.16.0.4618

Copyright:
(c) APN LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Toolbar.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\kmpsp-sat\source\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\toolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2018 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=APN LLC, O=APN LLC, L=Oakland, S=California, 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:
74BAC30967391B08242D79F7F79449E2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/10/2015 12:04:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x203F1

Entry point:
E8, 3D, 82, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 30, 0E, 44, 00, 89, 0D, 2C, 0E, 44, 00, 89, 15, 28, 0E, 44, 00, 89, 1D, 24, 0E, 44, 00, 89, 35, 20, 0E, 44, 00, 89, 3D, 1C, 0E, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 48, 0E, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 3C, 0E, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 18, 0E, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 14, 0E, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 10, 0E, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 0C, 0E, 44, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 40, 0E, 44, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 34, 0E, 44, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 38, 0E, 44, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 44, 0E, 44...
 
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Entropy:
5.7736

Code size:
189 KB (193,536 bytes)

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