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mconduitinstaller.exe

Conduit Ltd.

The file belongs to the Conduit API platform, a utility that bundles and monetizes search toolbars and web browser extensions. The application mconduitinstaller.exe by Conduit has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Conduit Setup Manager installer. This file is typically installed with the program RegClean Pro by Systweak Inc. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from teabag.blob.core.windows.net and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

Conduit (signed by Conduit Ltd.)

Version:

6.0.2.0

MD5:

7edd87ee5faed1733fe49eb16f691bb8

SHA-1:

1426b95f2619e462f812f6807c88694df9fbece7

SHA-256:

2ab35b37b033e9c4f7c8f351ccca7b386d0d247bb3fa3eb9a121443ee2007a8b

Scanner detections:

11 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

11/23/2024 4:53:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Bkav FE

W32.Clod3e1.Trojan

1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web

Adware.Conduit.3

9.0.1.042

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.Conduit

8.9190

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of sweetiminstallvalidator.exe (Adware)

2013.12.20.15

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Conduit.A

v2013.11.25.11

nProtect

Trojan/W32.Agent.89192.D

13.12.24.01

Panda Antivirus

PUP/Conduit.A

14.04.11.03

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Conduit.R

14.8.7.22

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V1011

7.2.42

VIPRE Antivirus

Conduit

24754

XVirus List

Win32.Detected

2.8.7

File size:

79.9 KB (81,768 bytes)

Conduit Ltd.

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Conduit Setup Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\37\mconduitinstaller.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Conduit Ltd.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/2/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/3/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Conduit Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Conduit Ltd., L=Ness 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:

3A82654719D8F75B59134F7B66465210

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/24/2012 11:20:04 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:SGarUa6LowvuhdNYh2Gf9rg6hzGPnMCw1m/2C2Zj5svPRSEvrGpwGg4r:s5BuYAVrgUCPnMCh/2C2ZW5SEvrGmZ4r

Entry address:

0x38AF

Entry point:

81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.0915

Packer / compiler:

Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:

29 KB (29,696 bytes)

The file mconduitinstaller.exe has been discovered within the following program.

RegClean Pro by Systweak Inc

Publisher's description - “Fix your slow PC, eliminate registry errors and improve your PC performance easily with RegClean Pro. RegClean Pro cleans such invalid registry errors using its advanced scan engine.”

www.systweak.com/RegCleanPro

57% remove it

The file mconduitinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

https://teabag.blob.core.windows.net/public-source/downloadguide/resources/file/freemium/shopping-toolbar/1.0/.../mconduitinstaller.exe

http://d2txuyvgupvxmq.cloudfront.net/mconduitinstaller.exe

http://get.dailyads.org/mconduitinstaller.exe

http://vbmz.visualbe.com/mconduitinstaller.exe

http://storage.conduit.com/ps/conduitinstaller/.../mconduitinstaller.exe

http://d2ugaifelwk06r.cloudfront.net/mconduitinstaller.exe

http://www.softologicse.com/files/.../conduitinstaller.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-55-227-152.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.55.227.152:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-51-54-239.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.51.54.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-223-225-98.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.223.225.98:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-221-228-187.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.221.228.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-214-137-170.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.214.137.170:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-197-78-215.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.197.78.215:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a172-227-181-91.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (172.227.181.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a104-80-12-85.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (104.80.12.85:80)

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