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resetbrowsers.exe

Freshy

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 application resetbrowsers.exe by Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Freshy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d761fdee88fb21e9bf99923e08b69923

SHA-1:
6cbe917419bdc47a1670264038c39ad7c0957dd9

SHA-256:
19c1a503271cd8cbec4b75246f6cc631006b029c7f7aacffc2564b14c561f8bb

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 5:36:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy (M)
16.3.1.3

File size:
105.3 KB (107,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\resetbrowsers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freshy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Freshy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Freshy, 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:
3FE2E83B02F14E8E282304CFC46C3524

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2012 12:06:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:k+FsXGcVMBwL8e8EfhM+Vdpkkk/VhpMzEDfsnnx5DtMd46666xZU9qZU9r4F0tIg:kLGcKW8YNpkXpMFpMdAp04F0d8C

Entry address:
0x2A24

Entry point:
E8, 26, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, C0, 90, 40, 00, 57, FF, 35, 08, EB, 40, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, 04, EB, 40, 00, 8B, D8, 89, 5D, FC, FF, D6, 8B, F0, 3B, F3, 0F, 82, 81, 00, 00, 00, 8B, FE, 2B, FB, 8D, 47, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 75, 53, E8, 5B, 21, 00, 00, 8B, D8, 8D, 47, 04, 59, 3B, D8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, D8, 73, 02, 8B, C3, 03, C3, 3B, C3, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, E9, 20, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 43, 10, 3B, C3, 72, 3E, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.6525

Code size:
30 KB (30,720 bytes)

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