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sptool.dll

Search Protect

ClientConnect LTD

The file belongs to the ClientConnect (Conduit/Perion) platform, a utility that bundles and monetizes search toolbars and browser add-ons. The module sptool.dll by ClientConnect has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Search Protect by Client Connect LTD which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Client Connect LTD  (signed by ClientConnect LTD)

Product:
Search Protect

Version:
2.20.2.12

MD5:
b2321d8a594298d798944ee30632b46f

SHA-1:
d0d7c464f9b094452aee4273f4b295edda02d19c

SHA-256:
a15ebd52f0561943939c55197b7d5e7c853f05b897212ccd6928b3e86083d197

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:46:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect.2
721

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SearchProtect
2015.02.01

avast!
Win32:Conduit-B [PUP]
2014.9-150201

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Conduit
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect.2
1.0.20.220

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect
8.15.02.13.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/Conduit.SearchProtect.Y potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11102

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect
11.2015-13-02_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect
15.2.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchProtect.A
v2015.02.01.04

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect.2
16.0.0.132

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.SearchProtect.2
11.20150213

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit
15.2.1.4

Sophos
Conduit Search Protect
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
37128

File size:
3.1 MB (3,261,712 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.2.12

Copyright:
© 2014 ClientConnect Ltd.

Original file name:
SearchProtect (R)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchprotect\main\bin\sptool.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClientConnect LTD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/31/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/26/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Safe Search, O=ClientConnect 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:
354F4C7E49A131A6E4BF89B253C78A2D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 12:14:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:avIAxBWUGzKuJdwCCAqjhAg4Up7yk/qkmBee5OY9MtErhyopS3:8IAxv0dwCCAqjh94Up7lykmBTMJ

Entry address:
0x182B60

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 62, B5, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 68, 48, 2D, 10, E8, 51, 89, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, CC, 74, 2E, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 68, DD, 1F, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.9232

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2 MB (2,050,560 bytes)

The file sptool.dll has been discovered within the following programs.

Search Protect  by Client Connect LTD
Search Protect from Client Connect (formally Conduit, now a venture of Perion) is a homepage and search provider modifier that when installed will change the default web browser's home page and search pages to a partner portal such as Trovi.
www.conduit.com/searchprotect
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