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spvc32.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 spvc32.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:

spvc32.dll

Publisher:

Client Connect LTD (signed by ClientConnect LTD)

Product:

Search Protect

Version:

2.17.15.117

MD5:

ae9217efda2c0a6964ca29b959021b79

SHA-1:

0bdb081ef33dce27e3e43bc2a2611c658285dd93

SHA-256:

26ba1a0b7f6167899ba143d04c912337b934c05f952fba7ed01a312a9c2debc1

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Conduit/ClientConnect toolbar/extension distribution.

Analysis date:

4/27/2024 12:51:58 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Conduit (M)

17.2.2.12

File size:

7.1 MB (7,449,560 bytes)

Product version:

2.17.15.117

Original file name:

SearchProtect (R)

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\searchprotect\searchprotect\bin\spvc32.dll

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 8:31:08 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

Entry address:

0x3C5E89

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 00, AE, 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, E3, 64, 10, E8, B8, 92, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, F8, 0D, 6A, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 10, 07, 47, 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:

6.7743

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

4.4 MB (4,638,720 bytes)

The file spvc32.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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