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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 4 anti-malware scanners. 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:
9779661d8d9d4130a75d124993e17066

SHA-1:
52f2dff89e1d6590ea0ccc3a8e08e626a822cffa

SHA-256:
3fa77194780f60dae661815dfe46286eb1d4e37f3d32129c82f323324c72c7c7

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 3:17:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W64.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.622
9.0.1.05190

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus
15.6.10.20

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Heur/Variant
9821

File size:
105.8 KB (108,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1928\gameconsole.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 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:
53391509B5D4A87249DD2CCE767F64A2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2015 7:22:40 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:SaHhKEkTpD9IYiErqhajBUstN7+68vyosW4dw6GEkta5ts:5HhKEkTx9IYiErqhZI7+uw1EktZ

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:
5.4811

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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