What is Conduit Engine?

Conduit Engine is software application developed by Conduit Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.36% of installations running this operating system. Conduit Engine's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 14 files. The most common release is 6.2.7.3 with 4.30% of all installations currently using this version.

Conduit Engine is most popular in the United States with 37.47% of installations residing in this country.

Conduit Engine adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Conduit Engine?

Conduit Engine is a software program that is included as part of the installation process for one of Conduit's 260,000 available Community toolbars. For a showcase of the brands that have developed a community toolbar using Conduit Platform, visit http://www.conduit.com/Showcase/Showcase.aspx. This engine provides users with the ability to add browser apps from the Conduit App Marketplace, accessible at http://apps.conduit.com.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Conduit Engine.

ConduitEngine.dll (MD5: 895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55) has been flagged by 13 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4246	HW32.Stranfom
ESET-NOD32	7.9311	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	14.01.26.01	Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus	25610	Conduit (fs)
AVware	1.5.0.21	Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Adware.Conduit.299
G Data	25	Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Avira AntiVir	7.11.142.76	TR/Trash.Gen
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	Packed.Win32.Krap.hc
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Bloodhound.MalPE
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect

ConduitEngineHelper.exe (MD5: a320df2b47cfcaf98d06eb59cd72084c) has been flagged by 7 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Adware.Conduit.300
G Data	25	Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	PUP/Conduit.A
ESET-NOD32	9577	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
VIPRE Antivirus	27650	Conduit (fs)

prxConduitEngine.dll (MD5: fd3ec243b397cf3a1adb7b33981ef5d6) has been flagged by 11 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.142.76	TR/Trash.Gen
Dr.Web	7.00.8.02260	Trojan.Damaged.1
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	Packed.Win32.Krap.hc
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Bloodhound.MalPE
VIPRE Antivirus	28184	Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.fsi (v)
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.C534
G Data	25	Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	PUP/Conduit.A
ESET-NOD32	9577	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B

prxConduitEngin.dll (MD5: d344cc84609a807ce92187c9662d392b) has been flagged by 13 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AVware	1.5.0.21	Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Adware.Conduit.299
G Data	25	Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	39244	Conduit (fs)
Avira AntiVir	7.11.142.76	TR/Trash.Gen
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	Packed.Win32.Krap.hc
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Bloodhound.MalPE
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect
ESET-NOD32	9577	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B

ConduitEngin0.dll (MD5: 1a8438854dd15e4389f5bdef502c369d) has been flagged by 13 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AVware	1.5.0.21	Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Adware.Conduit.299
ESET-NOD32	11614	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B potentially unwanted
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	40170	Conduit (fs)
G Data	25	Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Avira AntiVir	7.11.142.76	TR/Trash.Gen
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	Packed.Win32.Krap.hc
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Bloodhound.MalPE
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:

ConduitEngineHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.conduitengine.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\ConduitEngine

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files1\CONDUI~1\ConduitEngineUninstall.exe

Size:

4.00 MB

Language:

English

Conduit Engine Executable Details

Primary executable:

ConduitEngine.dll

Name:

Conduit Engine

Path:

C:\Program Files\ConduitEngine\ConduitEngine.dll

MD5:

895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

DLL

ConduitEngin.dll

Malware

e4cc410bd005958125cd87c5f6e66371

DLL

ConduitEngin1.dll

3375f705f5b09880ca409fbbb09eb42b

EXE

ConduitEngineHelper1.exe

f3011af04d7bf1afe16cec5eb7d9a586

DLL

ConduitEngi0.dll

570fdf3a7dfa7c15b63ad92b9eae0751

File Type	Filename	MD5
DLL	ConduitEngin.dll Malware	e4cc410bd005958125cd87c5f6e66371
DLL	ConduitEngin1.dll	3375f705f5b09880ca409fbbb09eb42b
EXE	ConduitEngineHelper1.exe	f3011af04d7bf1afe16cec5eb7d9a586
DLL	ConduitEngi0.dll	570fdf3a7dfa7c15b63ad92b9eae0751