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passport.dll

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:
6f34448b6fbdfab0a7758f593a4c6a98

SHA-1:
fb8d3666dd30132dedfc13f1665ff5b3666994af

SHA-256:
217c2925f70ff7944f04b38bf66076b075c1fa96d170ac926033d9ee39e83805

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:
12/27/2024 9:56:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.10.9.9

File size:
11.3 KB (11,536 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\2.0.0.1991\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
53391509B5D4A87249DD2CCE767F64A2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2015 1:45:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:RMSqEPQjQIAcl+1I7MnYe+PjPXrhfPRK+vjr9ZCspE+TMQrD6tUp:lqzQwl+1tnYPL9fyeMPw

Entry address:
0x1096

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, FF, 4D, 0C, 75, 08, 8B, 45, 08, A3, 00, 30, 00, 10, 33, C0, 40, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 2C, 8B, C1, 53, 33, C9, 56, 57, 8B, F1, 8B, F9, 89, 4D, F0, 8D, 4D, D4, 89, 45, E4, 8B, D8, 8B, C2, 2B, CA, 89, 55, F8, 89, 45, F4, 89, 4D, E8, C7, 45, EC, 30, 00, 00, 00, 33, C9, 21, 4D, FC, 6A, 30, 5A, 66, 39, 13, 72, 28, 0F, B7, 03, 66, 83, F8, 39, 77, 1C, 6B, C9, 0A, 0F, B7, C0, 83, C0, D0, 03, C8, 8B, 45, FC, 40, 89, 45, FC, 0F, B7, 04, 43, 66, 3B, 45, EC, 73, DE, 8B, 45, F4, 83, 7D, FC, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3102

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

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