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:
2.0.0.1267

MD5:
ae77f00b406930e7931b3053fad3ea3d

SHA-1:
c6da218096ca68e7d57e7d1aa3e04bba61cfd9f6

SHA-256:
e73d6c2f8b7023ddd012998c5689b52381c4f4e2d4a81eca34c9135908ead2c2

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 1:34:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus (M)
16.1.12.14

File size:
579.9 KB (593,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1267

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\2.0.0.1267\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:
11/20/2012 7:23:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5ueBKR0BEULEXf4Tlkr44YML13tU/Ne1n22vW:5vQqBERwTlkr641nxvW

Entry address:
0x30D66

Entry point:
E8, CC, 76, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, D4, D0, 44, 00, E9, 9E, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, D4, D0, 44, 00, E8, 8B, 2F, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 2E, 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:
6.6190

Code size:
277 KB (283,648 bytes)

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