prxtbswee.dll
Conduit Toolbar by Conduit Ltd. (Signed)
Warning 4 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of prxtbswee.dll.
Overview
There are 3 versions of prxtbswee.dll in the wild, the latest version being 6.17.0.33. It is integrated as a plugin to Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object, often without any obvious user interface, and will load for each instance of IE. The average file size is about 221.28 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Conduit Ltd. by VeriSign. The programs InternetHelper3.1 Toolbar, BrowserPlus2 Toolbar and Behnevis Toolbar for IE have been observed as installing specific variations of prxtbswee.dll. The library is loaded into Internet Explorer as a BHO (browser helper object).
 Details
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| File name: | prxtbswee.dll |
| Publisher: | Conduit Ltd. |
| Product name: | Conduit Toolbar |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sweetpacks\prxtbswee.dll |
| Original name: | Conduit Toolbar |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Conduit Ltd. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, April 3, 2016 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Conduit Toolbar.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of prxtbswee.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {f9bd834b-77af-423e-ad5b-15e0786fe2bb}
- BHO CLSID: {b3420a9c-a397-4409-b90d-bcf22da1a08a}
- BHO CLSID: {30ee6676-1ba6-455a-a7e8-298fa863a546}
- BHO CLSID: {7e8a1050-cf67-4575-92df-dcc60e7d952d}
Internet Explorer toolbars
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar'
- CLSID: {b3420a9c-a397-4409-b90d-bcf22da1a08a}
- CLSID: {f9bd834b-77af-423e-ad5b-15e0786fe2bb}
- CLSID: {30ee6676-1ba6-455a-a7e8-298fa863a546}
Internet Explorer URL search hooks
- CLSID: {b3420a9c-a397-4409-b90d-bcf22da1a08a}
- CLSID: {f9bd834b-77af-423e-ad5b-15e0786fe2bb}
- CLSID: {30ee6676-1ba6-455a-a7e8-298fa863a546}
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 4 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| Dr.Web |
8.13.11.25 |
Adware.Conduit.16 |
6.17.0.33 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0926 |
6.16.2.2 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
22990 |
Conduit (fs) |
6.16.2.2 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
23700 |
Conduit (fs) |
6.17.0.33 |
All file variations of prxtbswee.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
93.33% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
6.67% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 93.33% of Conduit Toolbar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
86.67% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
13.33% |
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