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Conduit Update

Conduit

The file belongs to the Conduit API platform, a utility that bundles and monetizes search toolbars and web browser extensions. The application ubrowser.exe, “Conduit Update Setup” by Conduit has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from data.getu.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Conduit Inc.  (signed by Conduit)

Product:
Conduit Update

Description:
Conduit Update Setup

Version:
1.3.25.29

MD5:
f6cfadfb0e9827092bb3933453ed4325

SHA-1:
fef24c5ece6f81201b0ca5ca6e3290c7c3a5d1ea

SHA-256:
3548140f54c4afb0b123b825981deda049c5672996e1236aab1da9f8963e3df3

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:14:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.132
9.0.1.0291

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Update.Conduit.I
14.11.3.21

File size:
1.3 MB (1,385,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.25.29

Copyright:
Copyright 2007-2010 Conduit Inc.

Original file name:
ConduitUpdateSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ubrowser.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Conduit

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Conduit, OU=UBrowser, O=Conduit, L=Nes 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:
4AA4D22D370260E7A829F630E6B4BED2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/6/2014 11:00:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gDa7tGcmwf2hTegdjgPY0d8DLuR3NY332bBFVae+6dYiumgzFJoYTgfr:gI4SugPjd8Wa3Mae+MYicdT2

Entry address:
0x4780

Entry point:
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Code size:
46 KB (47,104 bytes)

The file ubrowser.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://data.getu.com/.../UBrowser.exe

http://getu.com/download

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