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searchus-tb10250-w.exe

TNT2

Search.us.com

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 searchus-tb10250-w.exe by Search.us.com has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from mirror.mirror-files.com.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
TNT2

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.1378

MD5:
173291b9f7f1d76406d7565f0e5dc57c

SHA-1:
9cae5e3d5c051d66fb768ee99401b01645b8e3b6

SHA-256:
cc32784001c0f0a15a51d1536d672decf7a4b187cacaf754964dce97fce51db7

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/28/2024 1:41:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.TNT2
8.10593

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.TNT2
t3scan.1.7.8.0

McAfee
Artemis!173291B9F7F1
5600.6936

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Searchus.S
14.11.25.3

File size:
1.3 MB (1,320,896 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1378

Copyright:
© Search.Us.com All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
ToolbarInst.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\searchus-tb10250-w.exe

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:
12/17/2012 12:47:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4ooGLdNMG4b5VNtS0YAKm+lv322iqsm0VI2FoNxmIsiflGDnZ:4cq9VTzo5v322ieQoLmIs9

Entry address:
0x3C88

Entry point:
E8, D8, 69, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, D4, 60, 41, 00, 57, FF, 35, 88, E1, 41, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, 84, E1, 41, 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, 2E, 6A, 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, C0, 1A, 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:
7.9588  (probably packed)

Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

The file searchus-tb10250-w.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mirror.mirror-files.com/tnt2/.../SearchUS-TB10250-w.exe

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