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sptool64.exe

Guardbox

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.
Publisher:
Client Connect LTD  (signed by ClientConnect LTD)

Product:
Guardbox

Version:
2.17.1.22

MD5:
1008f062b8956d39c8ed2b96315c71a9

SHA-1:
2129a0fbe9381d0069dba324df92848b989921b7

SHA-256:
0eb9bd54591f77aa075edf19d635d62bcf61cc6e9555499789f360e54f28a4da

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 12:40:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit (M)
17.1.29.12

File size:
1.6 MB (1,692,624 bytes)

Product version:
2.17.1.22

Copyright:
© 2014 ClientConnect Ltd.

Original file name:
Guardbox (R)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClientConnect LTD

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/8/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/9/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ClientConnect LTD, OU=Guardbox, 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:
3215FFC06E15A37E45F6521CECC8C3BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/31/2014 5:30:17 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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Code size:
955 KB (977,920 bytes)

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