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proxyinstaller.exe

Conduit Ltd.

The ProxyInstaller is dropped by the installer of the Conduit toolbar bundle, a web browser extension and toolbar. During installation of the bundle, the folder ProxyInstallerDir is created in the user's temporary directory where the file is created and executed. The bundler then connects to the host ude.conduit-data.com and receives unpacking instructions. The application proxyinstaller.exe by Conduit has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Conduit Setup Manager installer.
Publisher:
Conduit Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
da5d94cf76c09caa1a61fa7da8dc3aa9

SHA-1:
9789b9764d056c056548d0cd864e70d87e0813af

SHA-256:
97d589e27eb9688f07ca29195bb96832307cea44de2bb101ad0fbf45f6e887b5

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 4:20:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.6
9.0.1.055

Panda Antivirus
PUP/Conduit.A
14.02.24.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit.O
14.8.7.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
26586

File size:
76.3 KB (78,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Conduit Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/4/2016 12:59:59 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:
2/24/2012 7:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:vVdePelp2Xy+tuQOzOYE5aXPnSF8SmeRAO7mM14zHL7UU6V8vmt:IweqOYEUXPnbKmTHxs

Entry address:
0x39E3

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, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to st-sh-us-dc3-001.s.dss.vg  (208.91.197.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.9.108:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-22-164-137.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.22.164.137:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-20-133-96.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.20.133.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-242-41.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.242.41:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-208-51-152.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.208.51.152:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-203-152-90.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.203.152.90:443)

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