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updatetask.exe

Ask.com

This is the updater scheduled task run by the Ask.com branded toolbar that runs every 24 hours and suggests updates to the browser add-on (and the web browser) and will perform automatic updates to the toolbar with new functionality. The application updatetask.exe by Ask.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Ask.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
61cbb044378cc313f4aa159a2562a757

SHA-1:
fd0178787e20be96736fda803892f86e1ca52b55

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 8:22:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.Task.Ask.K
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask
15.4.21.13

File size:
80.9 KB (82,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ask.com\updatetask.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2008 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2011 7:59:59 AM

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:
1/14/2009 6:36:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:cBxqjEHaD3lVBwz2CKraXyYngL8D5rHoVeb685:OA9/nL8D5rHoUbX5

Entry address:
0x5740

Entry point:
E8, 6C, 47, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE...
 
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Entropy:
6.3028

Code size:
48.5 KB (49,664 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Scheduled Update for Ask Toolbar.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 3:01 PM)


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-57-219-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.57.219.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-225-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.225.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-187-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.187.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-203-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.203.27:80)

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