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eShield

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application eshieldtoolbar.exe by eShield has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
eShield  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.2065

MD5:
a6ec6fe32da5b42002abcee6bf420e96

SHA-1:
eaf3bedf0d54d2218fc671bf62ec6948ebf6daea

SHA-256:
b3f51cdf3b181bb8e2d668fb65ee0263ceaa4697de5c27f41dc48ecb2e3f0472

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 11:07:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.11.26.3

File size:
1.4 MB (1,440,976 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.2065

Copyright:
© Eshield All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
miniinstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\120\eshieldtoolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
eShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=eShield, O=eShield, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:
3FB390EC6E5B675E625C0B342989627A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2016 4:24:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:143ksiTb1sx/K067V+bZeouzG7GMVS/ggfvz0+00Xme5m/:Q+bmx/NgVuJur/Vm6m/

Entry address:
0xC38D

Entry point:
E8, 57, 69, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, E8, 24, 42, 00, E8, CD, 11, 00, 00, E8, 90, 1B, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, EA, 68, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, C4, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
110 KB (112,640 bytes)

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