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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 2 anti-malware scanners. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including TNT2-11433 Toolbar by Search.us.com and eShield Browser Security by Search.us.com, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d2e9aa8dda24ba56919f5b3f2b271dea

SHA-1:
54a7eea1b6bfc68437b4e9ca28b93a53b69f2867

SHA-256:
59f2b5f3ea58453403ef9c805a49fdeb86db6a5e565ba129e99c0e01dbcaa940

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 3:13:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W64.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Tightrope.Searchus
15.5.7.13

File size:
105.8 KB (108,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1983\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:
4/21/2015 1:05:57 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:0aHhKEkTpD9IYiErqhajBUstNj+68vyosW4dwjGEkta5t:7HhKEkTx9IYiErqhZIj+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:
5.4815

Code size:
41.5 KB (42,496 bytes)

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

eShield Browser Security  by Search.us.com
This toolbar will install a Search.us.com web browser home page and search page hijacker.
64% remove it
TNT2-11433 Toolbar  by Search.us.com
74% remove it
 
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