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searchustoolbar.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 searchustoolbar.exe 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
TNT2

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.1923

MD5:
88ef09f346cc6f07efdc475c30b3ecc5

SHA-1:
99e780f7e9d64b6dc5de4237081078cc56a842b6

SHA-256:
f40ee2d0489548fd08f2893844600af40fa7aad4a51834386af6fa9c1ed1dd63

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 '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:
12/27/2024 9:21:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.2.16.12

File size:
1.3 MB (1,387,792 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1923

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}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\154\searchustoolbar.exe

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:
12/31/2014 2:28:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x4F35

Entry point:
E8, 82, 73, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 98, CE, 41, 00, E8, F5, 12, 00, 00, E8, 64, 18, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 15, 73, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, D8, 24, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9291  (probably packed)

Code size:
91.5 KB (93,696 bytes)

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