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Search.Us.com Toolbar

Search.us.com

This is a component of the Tightrope WebInstall, a setup program that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The module passport.dll by Search.us.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search.Us.com Toolbar

Version:
2.0.0.1024

MD5:
d29630f116149a1e328f78da87a5aa7f

SHA-1:
8919c2b3497a8b937fc4734e40da65e1af3cfe74

SHA-256:
c6612b6272d22c671ca2280e8b8e5ad16caa1b953147ed2fb5ee8931be473d36

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:
12/28/2024 1:48:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus.Toolbar (M)
16.2.6.9

File size:
10.9 KB (11,120 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1024

Copyright:
(c) Search.Us.com All rights reserved.

Original file name:
FreshyToolbar.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1348\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Search.us.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Search.us.com, 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:
43D8A91FFBCF0895F68EACA5DF5C03A8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2012 8:07:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:xumfxpvDQ+FyAml+1V/E335/wJirNmL/4LrBdK+v5Ur9ZCspE+TMIr7t:xzZtHFUl+1pE3mirIL45dHFeMAt

Entry address:
0x108E

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 48, 75, 08, 8B, 45, 08, A3, 18, 30, 00, 10, 33, C0, 40, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 1C, 8B, 4D, 0C, 8B, 45, 08, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 8D, 7D, E4, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, 89, 4D, F8, 2B, F9, 33, D2, 33, F6, 66, 83, 38, 30, 72, 1D, 0F, B7, 08, 66, 83, F9, 39, 77, 14, 6B, D2, 0A, 0F, B7, C9, 46, 8D, 54, 0A, D0, 0F, B7, 0C, 70, 83, F9, 30, 73, E6, 8B, 4D, F8, 89, 14, 0F, 85, F6, 74, 65, 8B, 09, 3B, CA, 7E, 08, 83, 7D, F4, 00, 74, 59, 3B, CA, 7D, 07, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.3226

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

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