This is part of the Conduit platform, a browser extension desigend to manage and control the web browser's search provider functionality. The application conduitchecker.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.outbrowse.com.