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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 8 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:
83078e2185a9f86ba935b5b4769f5dc5

SHA-1:
47c02d43e03e9bd746ccb6c32d7ce72366493af9

SHA-256:
0cd2f7f11b14875e87a1a2ccaf0bf66673664d94160af361e529f819375191cc

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 3:51:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SearchProtect
2015.02.01

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Conduit
4.0.3.1521

ESET NOD32
Win32/ClientConnect.A potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11102

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchProtect.A
v2015.02.01.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit
15.2.1.4

Sophos
Conduit Search Protect
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
37128

File size:
1.8 MB (1,838,864 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.2.12

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:
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 12:10:06 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TkF1bd1rYEEIBROn0F+6yPiJPr9gkaGgaTO7JktptAnq:TkF1bjrTEIHvyaJPr9gWgUO7Winq

Entry address:
0xD1394

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 4F, 9A, 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, 95, 23, 00, 00, 48, 85, FF, 75, 15, E8, 6F, 22, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 58, 9D, 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:
6.4862

Code size:
1000.5 KB (1,024,512 bytes)

The file sptool64.exe 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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