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spsetup.exe

Search Protect

Conduit Ltd.

The file belongs to the Conduit API platform, a utility that bundles and monetizes search toolbars and web browser extensions. The application spsetup.exe, “Search Protect by Conduit” by Conduit has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 18 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from sp-storage.spccint.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cms.distributionengine.conduit-services.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

spsetup.exe

Publisher:

Conduit (signed by Conduit Ltd.)

Product:

Search Protect

Description:

Search Protect by Conduit

Version:

2.10.30.15

MD5:

c016c4c32857daffe6e3eaeb24939592

SHA-1:

70e5ad8840923ad61ecf02e583afd1b4864ec960

SHA-256:

25839a0d2f514a523105755bdacb93564bd5b87215345d9ef898a484ed9b38e6

Scanner detections:

18 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 12:40:57 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

avast!

Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]

2014.9-140807

Baidu Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Conduit.SearchProtect

4.0.3.1487

Dr.Web

Adware.Conduit.6

9.0.1.047

ESET NOD32

Win32/Conduit.SearchProtect (variant)

8.9353

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/Conduit_SearchProtect

8/7/2014

G Data

Win32.Application.SearchProtect

14.2.22

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.SearchProtect

t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.176.11566

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:WebToolbar.NSIS.Agent

14.0.0.3440

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Conduit.A

v2014.02.16.02

McAfee

Artemis!B8C3D60D0458

5600.7045

Panda Antivirus

Adware/Conduit

14.02.16.02

Reason Heuristics

PUP.SearchProtect.Conduit.H

14.8.7.22

Sophos

Conduit Search Protect

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]

10435

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0108

7.2.47

VIPRE Antivirus

Conduit

25360

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

5.9 MB (6,177,744 bytes)

Product version:

2.10.30.15

Original file name:

SearchProtect

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\spsetup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Conduit Ltd.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/2/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/3/2016 4:59:59 PM

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:

7/6/2011 7:31:20 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:zc1sQptzN85KeoWQ4PDe2crFqRcOjYVw/8d+yTPnaCEi1HC6yVLV9Sm6JtXiW:zc1vtR8C7Ea2crFqzYe+PnPEis6yVPVS

Entry address:

0x354B

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, 84, 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, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00... 
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Entropy:

7.9914 (probably packed)

Code size:

25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

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

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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