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setup.exe

Search Protect

Client Connect LTD

This is part of the Conduit platform, a browser extension desigend to manage and control the web browser's search provider functionality. The application setup.exe has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application, 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 sp-storage.spccint.com.
Publisher:
Client Connect LTD

Product:
Search Protect

Version:
2.21.200.26

MD5:
b15e4866a24987edeb480b4bb4236cb8

SHA-1:
57feb31245da47c20cb6b60ba7e23b3bd37108ab

SHA-256:
67795eb40d8ca4e23663ef5ea38b07845c454f9cf47b7064f0763cc03aca4969

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/4/2024 8:09:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.4.3.5

File size:
8.3 MB (8,650,968 bytes)

Product version:
2.21.200.26

Copyright:
© 2014 ClientConnect Ltd.

Original file name:
SearchProtect

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2011 7:31:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:OUYfr5cg7PRuTw9R2wE5czSLxCyqbbpHSaQe+4yOD0:OPyg7Ew2Jt2bV3vY

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
3D, 2F, 3F, 80, A1, 87, CA, 86, E4, 50, 68, 04, B9, F1, 00, 85, FA, 70, 04, 31, D8, 89, D6, C6, C5, 41, C7, C5, 84, FE, B7, 87, BD, 3B, 3F, 8C, C1, 70, 0C, 46, 25, D5, BA, CF, C6, 81, E7, 8F, 64, F0, 45, 2B, D5, 1A, CC, 02, ED, 40, 0F, BE, FB, 72, 0A, BD, 67, 54, 61, 32, 86, C9, 0F, AF, CB, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, 8A, C1, 10, ED, F6, C6, DF, 8B, C5, 0F, B6, C9, 1D, 90, B2, F6, 31, 89, C6, 8D, 0D, 52, 18, BC, C4, 81, F2, 81, F7, 00, 00, 70, 02, 8A, DB, 3B, D8, 77, 05, 8B, FA, 80, E2, EE, 3D, CC, 7A, 00, 00, 75...
 
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Entropy:
7.9952  (probably packed)

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

http://sp-storage.spccint.com/Installer/.../Setup.exe

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