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Conduit.exe

Conduit

This is part of the Conduit platform, a browser extension desigend to manage and control the web browser's search provider functionality. The application Conduit.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.outbrowse.com.
Publisher:
Conduit

Product:
Conduit

Version:
1.0

MD5:
d81436c6d7c2966625c75184a8b60bd6

SHA-1:
69ee1c3e7ab0e4fa3682673960daff29e0933e51

SHA-256:
e04b2e2d39de4b3b7ac9f4667edcecf321d2db086241b435e092b9646e0a27f9

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware offers during download and installation using the OutBrowse installer.

Analysis date:
11/4/2024 5:14:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Toolbar.Babylon
2014.0.3543

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.DownWare
4.0.3.131211

Boost by Reason
Adware.Conduit.H
2013.8.29.0

Dr.Web
Trojan.AVKill.26857
9.0.1.0241

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownWare
7.9100

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Conduit.A
v2013.11.26.03

McAfee
Artemis!D81436C6D7C2
5600.7271

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/OutBrowse.C
14.0.0.723

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Conduit.H
14.3.1.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
23768

File size:
283.7 KB (290,559 bytes)

Copyright:
© Conduit

Trademarks:
Conduit

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ke34knzQ+9WKdazTT6N0tpnV0Zev611VSUfQ+UED:Rz2KdabO0/nAevUZQm

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7611

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file Conduit.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.outbrowse.com/.../Conduit.exe

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