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gameconsole.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 gameconsole.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 file is typically installed with the program eShield Browser Security by Search.us.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e4e50c67cdef4b3270a3f04e0a07b515

SHA-1:
01174acef7feb1a6f42b3db3e0078af5d6f69d74

SHA-256:
3589a964ad05217b0eaa1064bf4fe99babb28b4c3b1a1da94ca87147039d6b2e

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:
5/4/2024 8:04:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope
15.2.5.0

File size:
105.8 KB (108,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1924\gameconsole.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
3/20/2016 2:59:59 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:
1/7/2015 2:23:24 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:saHhKEkTpD9IYiErqhajBUstNL+68vyosW4dwjGEkta5t:zHhKEkTx9IYiErqhZIL+uwKEkt

Entry address:
0x2BFC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 5B, 2A, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 36, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 8B, C1, 48, F7, D9, 48, A9, 07, 00, 00, 00, 74, 0F, 66, 90, 8A, 10, 48, FF, C0, 84, D2, 74, 5F, A8, 07, 75, F3, 49, B8, FF, FE, FE, FE, FE, FE, FE, 7E, 49, BB, 00, 01, 01, 01, 01, 01, 01, 81, 48, 8B, 10, 4D, 8B, C8, 48, 83, C0, 08, 4C, 03, CA, 48, F7, D2, 49, 33, D1, 49, 23, D3, 74, E8, 48, 8B, 50, F8, 84, D2, 74, 51, 84, F6, 74, 47, 48, C1, EA, 10, 84, D2, 74...
 
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Entropy:
5.4808

Code size:
41.5 KB (42,496 bytes)

The file gameconsole.exe has been discovered within the following program.

eShield Browser Security  by Search.us.com
This toolbar will install a Search.us.com web browser home page and search page hijacker.
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