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fflogic.exe

Conduit Ltd.

It is part of the Conduit Toolbar platform (bundled adware) and is the package designed to install the plugin/toolbar in Mozilla Firefox. The application fflogic.exe by Conduit has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Conduit Toolbar Manager installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from ff.conduit-download.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address setupapi.toolbar.conduit-services.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Conduit  (signed by Conduit Ltd.)

Description:
1.7.1.4

Version:
10.20.1.8

MD5:
5b3416d7498433035bfec83a43de8c89

SHA-1:
3232c1753520b29a1ec6cf783abe7692b44ab470

SHA-256:
5fbc5c250550d39d09a237e2b7584808056cfeef333570f5b05d55ac63cdff96

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:27:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.Conduit.H
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.6
9.0.1.0358

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Conduit.A
v2013.12.24.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.1714.Conduit.H
14.8.7.22

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1002
7.2.358

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
22614

File size:
2.5 MB (2,661,016 bytes)

Copyright:
Conduit Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Conduit Toolbar Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\fflogic.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Conduit Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/4/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Conduit Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Conduit Ltd., L=Ness Ziona, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
3A82654719D8F75B59134F7B66465210

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 2:19:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:siu1uBCBma9gUfaau//aNmA6IGgO2qvmS+te+XXYr0XeMhsCYnSGmTdRkdpUNB:siuQOmO7u/nS/O2vHeCuMeMCPSGmhad6

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 70, 85, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, B3, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, B2, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 6C, 85, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 54, 85, 40, 00, 68, A0, 32, 47, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, C0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

The file fflogic.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ff.conduit-download.com/67/328/CT3281067/Downloads/Firefox/Releases/10.20.1.8/.../hotmp3.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to setupapi.toolbar.conduit-services.com  (199.101.115.1:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to setupapi.toolbar.ams.conduit-services.com  (195.78.120.169:80)

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