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setup.exe

Search Protect

Client Connect LTD

This is part of the Conduit platform, a browser extension desigend to manage and control the web browser's search provider functionality. The application setup.exe has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from sp-storage.spccint.com.
Publisher:
Client Connect LTD

Product:
Search Protect

Version:
3.1.3.17

MD5:
b84f0cf036a1ba1dab82b3580e304415

SHA-1:
ea9d448d37695fce389cd1b99888a72aa2cd9ed4

SHA-256:
8f4558c9fc5807747ffa682b017393aae1acee8e81616312878bb4a897fdd132

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/27/2024 12:44:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.6.29.20

File size:
9 MB (9,394,784 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.3.17

Copyright:
© 2014 ClientConnect Ltd.

Original file name:
SearchProtect

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2011 5:31:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:DzLJqy6KgEw0PVkJc8MkiXGqTRnBsvvW6efhZ4SBNCfWXVkhP:DvJqygNEk28MkiW+RnKvvLepyEQOXQP

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
78, 06, 80, C3, 3E, 0F, BE, F1, 14, 87, 22, FB, F2, 0F, B6, EE, 3D, E1, E4, 32, 9F, 1D, 9B, 13, 17, 6D, F6, C0, 9E, 8A, FB, 85, CE, 0F, AF, C7, C7, C3, 71, 01, 42, 4A, F3, F6, C2, 86, 8D, 0D, 08, 52, 00, 00, F7, C3, 7A, 0E, B0, 66, 81, E9, 71, 0F, 00, 00, F6, C7, EA, 80, F0, 2F, 33, F1, FF, CB, C7, C0, 78, A3, 7D, 27, F2, 74, 07, BE, 08, A0, AF, B0, FF, C6, EB, 04, 8A, DD, 8A, C3, BA, 91, 92, 23, AF, 31, D3, 14, 8D, F6, C5, 88, 86, E2, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, C6, C7, FB, 69, DE, 39, 22, 0A, B8, 0F, AF, D1, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.9959  (probably packed)

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

http://sp-storage.spccint.com/Installer/.../Setup.exe

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