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mario_forever_2.exe

Conduit Ltd.

The file belongs to the Conduit API platform, a utility that bundles and monetizes search toolbars and web browser extensions. The application mario_forever_2.exe, “Mario_Forever_2 Toolbar” by Conduit 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 Wise Installer installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address cms.distributionengine.conduit-services.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

mario_forever_2.exe

Publisher:

Conduit Ltd. (signed and verified)

Description:

Mario_Forever_2 Toolbar

Version:

5.2.3.1

MD5:

9944bf8cb88eb3e67227fbd296c3637d

SHA-1:

c2f64ef6bf721ff32ba5dcd6cabbfe4fc0b7e9f9

SHA-256:

824d32b693dea1ed3fe76c5a1f0a76c4d1b76e8780941c5b9b96a651e2ec3eb4

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

This component is distributed and installed with the Conduit Toolbar platform.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 7:13:54 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Conduit.Installer (M)

16.2.14.0

File size:

1.5 MB (1,559,824 bytes)

Conduit Ltd.

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Wise Installer

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\mario_forever_2.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Conduit Ltd.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/17/2007 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:

3/24/2010 5:29:59 AM

Subject:

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

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:

59AB9B2EE67914B7DF4C479540DEC561

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/9/1999 1:54:47 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:9BkcZMb+I8YBKKBToHrP9kTS88fXEtHf1+5iN7XpdM4y6aS5KfRKiTXf8LFZ4eAd:9BklB42T4fXEtHf1+MN8435KJXf8LzId

Entry address:

0x1000

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9951

Packer / compiler:

Wise Installer Stub

Code size:

512 Bytes (512 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to offering.service.distributionengine.conduit-services.com (199.101.114.147:80)

http://offering.service.distributionengine.conduit-services.com/DecisionEngine.ashx

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cms.distributionengine.conduit-services.com (54.243.251.51:80)

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