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TNT2User.exe

Search.us.com

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 TNT2User.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. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Search.us.com by Search.us.com.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.0.1477

MD5:
97cecd46822b1a08a03df396a47d9137

SHA-1:
1a23b809926a27ce9d5b26d580df7cc23fe4c98a

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:
12/28/2024 1:26:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus (M)
16.5.27.14

File size:
592.8 KB (607,016 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1477

Copyright:
© Search.Us.com All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
TNT2User.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\tnt2\2.0.0.1477\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2013 4:59:59 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:
2/15/2013 6:31:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BbtF3RDbXypDd80pfUPKjOxnLb5NQQ4Ne1Ug8C1:BxFhSc0pfUPKo5N1Uts

Entry address:
0x32696

Entry point:
E8, CC, 76, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, 80, E6, 44, 00, E9, 9E, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 80, E6, 44, 00, E8, 8B, 2F, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 36, DC, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08, 51, 52, E8, 01, 14, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 04, 33, C0, EB, 24, F6, 06, 02, 74, 05, F6, 07, 08, 74, F2, 8B, 45, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.6126

Code size:
284 KB (290,816 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Search.us.com

Display publisher:
Search.us.com

Uninstall string:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application Data\TNT2\2.0.0.1477\TNT2User.exe" /UNINSTALL PARTNER=10408


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