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gameconsole.exe

Search.us.com

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9e4a603f4ec397bc50fc3a7dcc98750d

SHA-1:
c99624ab45d6fbcb1a351a49f51c52348ba193e3

SHA-256:
6440b1eee5d85dcc74d0085d104a38c65689f2cffac65bfe1172b4c33910351e

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 3:52:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.11.17.21

File size:
2.2 MB (2,344,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

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:
3/20/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 6:59:59 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:
4/22/2015 12:05:57 AM

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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Code size:
41.5 KB (42,496 bytes)

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