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VersionCheck.exe

Mindspark Tooltab Platform for Internet Explorer

Mindspark Interactive Network

The application VersionCheck.exe, “Mindspark Tooltab Platform” 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. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘VersionCheck.1’.
Publisher:
Mindspark  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
Mindspark Tooltab Platform for Internet Explorer

Description:
Mindspark Tooltab Platform

Version:
1.0.0.17065

MD5:
d06e54e7b0be8edebbb293664fe392d2

SHA-1:
feea7ed6508d7ca46ed6fd236f7d6ac320bb6d41

SHA-256:
5c96869d544f4e3e0581252eefc9f319f4b8daabf23a4d93f489825e224a91b0

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:
11/5/2024 6:53:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.3.15.3

File size:
163.6 KB (167,536 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.8.17065

Copyright:
© 2016 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.

Original file name:
VersionCheck.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\my scrap nooktooltab\versioncheck.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 6:59:59 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2017 10:27:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xD74D

Entry point:
E8, F8, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 28, 71, 42, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, 59, 4B, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.4694

Code size:
104.5 KB (107,008 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
VersionCheck.1

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\my scrap nooktooltab\versioncheck.exe" \prod=my scrap nook \launch


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