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sptool64.exe

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 application sptool64.exe by ClientConnect has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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:
2.17.15.117

MD5:
0135e50f5397c5e4a4a41d8ed827afcf

SHA-1:
30cb389b060fceda00e3f731146350744093802e

SHA-256:
b02f6702c1591ca79905a4caa020c1f40da153b80ea09ea8ca536e29334c6252

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:04:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit (M)
17.2.2.12

File size:
1.6 MB (1,727,448 bytes)

Product version:
2.17.15.117

Copyright:
© 2014 ClientConnect Ltd.

Original file name:
SearchProtect (R)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchprotect\searchprotect\bin\sptool64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClientConnect LTD

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/18/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/19/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Search Protect 2, O=ClientConnect LTD, L=Ness Ziona, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
552491364DFD4261C3C5D20F5503F94C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2014 8:09:35 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0xC7E74

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 8F, 99, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 36, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 54, 24, 10, 4C, 89, 44, 24, 18, 4C, 89, 4C, 24, 20, 55, 53, 57, 48, 8B, EC, 48, 83, EC, 50, 48, 83, 65, D0, 00, 48, 8B, FA, 33, D2, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8D, 4D, D8, 44, 8D, 42, 28, E8, C5, 22, 00, 00, 48, 85, FF, 75, 15, E8, A7, 21, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 98, 9C, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, EB, 4B, 48, 85, DB, 74, E6, 4C, 8D, 4D, 30, 48, 8D, 4D, D0, 45, 33, C0, 48, 8B, D7, C7, 45, D8, FF, FF, FF, 7F, C7, 45, E8, 42, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4768

Code size:
955 KB (977,920 bytes)

The file sptool64.exe has been discovered within the following program.

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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