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 TNT2-10679 Toolbar by Search.us.com.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.0.1760

MD5:
d72e51aa13c8b09ee8035d3bd27c06cf

SHA-1:
dbc51845f1d97694215454c8fd14ec2239ebc225

SHA-256:
7e4710d36cd5bb3d199934e3e42e49cbef56d62399422160787a6c62102911af

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:
1/14/2025 2:07:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.8.9.12

File size:
613.3 KB (627,984 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1760

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\2.0.0.1760\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 5:29:59 AM

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:
53391509B5D4A87249DD2CCE767F64A2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/31/2014 12:51:10 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OBR0wgHv4SmxdSWZw3KFIecBkQz2vLtJAeA6IcZMu9MRrJWrqrg:OpgHvHYMQ6qCF6d3qg+g

Entry address:
0x36EFE

Entry point:
E8, 1A, 7E, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, F4, 96, 46, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, EE, 55, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, FE, E1, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.5640

Code size:
312 KB (319,488 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
TNT2-10679 Toolbar

Display publisher:
Search.us.com

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1760\tnt2user.exe" \uninstall partner=10679


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