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tightrope.utils.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 tightrope.utils.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:
2743bd5b63817cd5aad9204c1846c9b1

SHA-1:
f23fb666a59d96ac93d0213108a915cd88826eb6

SHA-256:
70313820371078eabf0c9c0b337e74f46accef7452029a632fcd57ec72ff4bf8

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 5:06:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy (M)
16.6.4.8

File size:
121.8 KB (124,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\freshy\toolbar\2011-10-30t20-10-00\tightrope.utils.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:
10/12/2011 1:12:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ox/v+60nYTMZxHwAlG0zZ7+YHVwSbOiEpTV/Te1L8oy:oNcYTGxQkzZ7+Y19OiEppety

Entry address:
0x65C1

Entry point:
E8, D2, 03, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, B8, 06, 41, 00, 89, 0D, B4, 06, 41, 00, 89, 15, B0, 06, 41, 00, 89, 1D, AC, 06, 41, 00, 89, 35, A8, 06, 41, 00, 89, 3D, A4, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, D0, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, C4, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, A0, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 9C, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 98, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 94, 06, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, C8, 06, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, BC, 06, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, C0, 06, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, CC, 06, 41...
 
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Entropy:
5.8311

Code size:
38 KB (38,912 bytes)

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