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searchus-tb10250.exe

TNT2

Freshy

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.exe by Freshy 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:
Tightrope Interactive  (signed by Freshy)

Product:
TNT2

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
d9fd0a1643177b1c093f982956038cc3

SHA-1:
f05b0afcf8e93a428f7db921f1a161bcbd0505fb

SHA-256:
e72f9aafabf462215862c08fe014aff350596fbbd03d5cf8222e5779fc7551da

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:04:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy.Bundler (M)
16.7.9.6

File size:
993.8 KB (1,017,672 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012 Tightrope Interactive

Original file name:
ToolbarInst.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\2\searchus-tb10250.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freshy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2013 7:59:59 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:
6/6/2012 1:58:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:bBxX6bwa/E4DOftHGkCfS3ffTzKEe+xLh5b:tRCbbS3X3jxLh

Entry address:
0x2F95

Entry point:
E8, C5, 65, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, A0, 50, 41, 00, 57, FF, 35, A8, D1, 41, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, A4, D1, 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, 4C, 67, 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, 88, 66, 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:
7.9393  (probably packed)

Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

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