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

Version:
2.0.0.1246

MD5:
132af8ac5a957dffd9711812e6bd0d1b

SHA-1:
9a3d4c0cabde3019d2d275c6dd7d10d36d005766

SHA-256:
1f1061a5c3eab8c9c58455f4462fd05a2561ade59497b4a5d9a6064fd5b405b4

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 1:16:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus (M)
15.9.8.23

File size:
579.4 KB (593,264 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1246

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\2.0.0.1246\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2013 6:59:59 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:
11/8/2012 1:52:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iCyw6QoxBc6xIR1khtH6iaWLUkCj8Ne1/5:iDPVBcf1khtHsUw1/5

Entry address:
0x30BE9

Entry point:
E8, C9, 76, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, 54, D0, 44, 00, E9, 9B, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 54, D0, 44, 00, E8, 88, 2F, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 5B, 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, FE, 13, 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:
6.6176

Code size:
277 KB (283,648 bytes)

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