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.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.0.1348

MD5:
d00bcec022e3c6f729219f03deb4d3ea

SHA-1:
60e8bd003f8c6c0c41cde97c93aba7765fcfd63a

SHA-256:
348d9ffa84f4810e10ea2b2d9cc5c17b509f27b95fd086dac0f1209b95204c76

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 1:11:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus (M)
16.2.6.9

File size:
587.4 KB (601,456 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1348

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:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1348\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
12/5/2012 8:07:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Tu5iadfWkJNxlbmS6nZEhlL0YqGgxhUNeRT:TSi6uylbmSCEhohRT

Entry address:
0x31916

Entry point:
E8, CC, 76, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, B8, D3, 44, 00, E9, 9E, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, B8, D3, 44, 00, E8, 8B, 2F, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 30, 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:
6.6117

Code size:
280 KB (286,720 bytes)

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