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ApnSetup.exe

Stub Installer

APN LLC

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 ApnSetup.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. The program is a setup application that uses the APN Stub installer.
Publisher:
Ask Partner Network  (signed by APN LLC)

Product:
Stub Installer

Version:
7.25.1.19

MD5:
8fcff0f5182db38a3960dfa5aa35d03d

SHA-1:
50195bf3e579f79a2194d1a2d1eecc3eea21217e

SHA-256:
28ffd065f569db99812ec0c22e452e577323497e1910181b23d9dee184aa9eec

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:
5/20/2024 7:12:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask (M)
17.3.15.0

File size:
3.1 MB (3,264,072 bytes)

Product version:
7.25.1.19

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 APN LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
ApnSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
APN Stub

Common path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\apnsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APN LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/3/2015 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=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
76A1FC71CE00683A2B887A2CFA2F5D6B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/5/2016 11:11:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x41072

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 68, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 40, D7, 47, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, A7, 17, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 85, F6, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 6D, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 13, E8, 42, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 9A, 6E, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 53, 57, 8B, 7D, 10, 85, FF, 74, 14, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 0F, 56, 57, 50, E8, E7, 1A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, EB, 36, FF, 75, 0C, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 75, 11, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 09, E8, 01, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 16, EB, 0C, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 13, E8, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.8757  (probably packed)

Code size:
371.5 KB (380,416 bytes)

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