» webfettisetup2.3.78.2.zkfox000.exe
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webfettisetup2.3.78.2.zkfox000.exe

My Web Search Bar Installer

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (MyWebSearch.com/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application webfettisetup2.3.78.2.zkfox000.exe 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. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.

File name:

Publisher:

MyWebSearch.com (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

My Web Search Bar Installer

Version:

2, 0, 0, 11

MD5:

d09d042eda542300bf53d81f8f65c834

SHA-1:

8f1b65b31eac227bd79691e4dbde3ca8bfcb4dc2

SHA-256:

a62f4d8cf71f948944b1dd130ed13f852cbe3697daf83b913f9048e73e22a40a

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:

12/24/2024 12:22:54 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark.MyWebSea.Installer (M)

16.6.29.0

File size:

3.2 MB (3,376,560 bytes)

Product version:

2, 0, 0, 11

Original file name:

mwsSetup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\webfettisetup2.3.78.2.zkfox000.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/30/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/6/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

41730EB0E6D92A476E16628A0DBEFB36

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/11/2011 8:21:17 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:XBEH7U2LiPa5i26F0qwef/0hEhICc10813WYv289Iy9DeVibn8uYSOo5PB/Tj:XBuUMiPaaSeX0i500A3C8KyUMb+mPB

Entry address:

0x3187

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 40, 00, A3, 4C, 59, 40, 00, FF, 15, 8C, 40, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 88, 40, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 60, 41, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 84, 40, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9595

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

12 KB (12,288 bytes)

The file webfettisetup2.3.78.2.zkfox000.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ak.exe.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/mindspark/.../WebfettiSetup2.3.78.2.ZKfox000.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to www187.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to anx.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

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