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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 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.

File name:

sptool.dll

Publisher:

Client Connect LTD (signed by ClientConnect LTD)

Product:

Search Protect

Version:

3.0.10.64

MD5:

8c2a76248d2d9f0df1acbb1d9768ba6e

SHA-1:

0ac7bcd319f3b7286dc40fa4013e23f5085d54c1

SHA-256:

6163b9253a8d9ea751706531676e444d8664b9406f792bb35e39f237a02fecec

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 5:26:13 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Conduit (M)

17.3.13.13

File size:

3.1 MB (3,252,472 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.10.64

Original file name:

SearchProtect (R)

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\windows\temp\{random}.tmp\sptool.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

ClientConnect LTD

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

12/30/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/26/2016 3:59:59 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:

8/3/2015 2:02:41 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

Entry address:

0x1BC980

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, D2, B7, 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, C8, D0, 2C, 10, E8, 71, 8B, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 0C, 1E, 2E, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 24, 6D, 25, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.7498

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

2.3 MB (2,413,568 bytes)

The file sptool.dll 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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