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sp.exe

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application sp.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Search Protection’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
20, 5, 0, 2

MD5:
b5a22eefdc86ea5895cf5cceed809cea

SHA-1:
d8abfefa397f2127e8fbfc269eb0d7d378e15060

SHA-256:
0d4d0f5b5808208a945b8d1c27c40f7fc7011866554bcbfdd9afbc47fd404873

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:
12/25/2024 7:45:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
17.2.16.8

File size:
889 KB (910,360 bytes)

Product version:
20, 5, 0, 2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\search protection\sp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/12/2018 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Vilalge, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0FE530445BDBABB00E24B3A1FD389919

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/24/2015 8:54:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x79BF5

Entry point:
E8, 55, 89, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 33, C0, 39, 45, 0C, 76, 11, 8B, 4D, 08, 66, 83, 39, 00, 74, 08, 40, 41, 41, 3B, 45, 0C, 72, F2, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, B8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 8B, C8, 83, EC, 14, 66, 39, 4D, 08, 0F, 84, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 53, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, 5B, ED, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 8B, 51, 14, 33, DB, 3B, D3, 75, 14, 8B, 45, 08, 8D, 48, BF, 66, 83, F9, 19, 77, 03, 83, C0, 20, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 61, 56, B8, 00, 01, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 66, 39, 75, 08, 5E, 73, 29, 8D, 45, EC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4639

Code size:
604.5 KB (619,008 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Search Protection

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\search protection\sp.exe" \autostart


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