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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.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e93637c0d6814d40fe8ed769297cb365

SHA-1:
d63cdf2a6ac7a91cf1912f710a7ff30e8138b927

SHA-256:
3d65f2448684ed67d8977a0dbc0643d4092565cf449f4c60bda82c9e872cf36b

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:
4/26/2024 11:17:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.1.1.11

File size:
1.2 MB (1,224,704 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 5:59:59 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 11:05:57 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

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:
0.7172

Code size:
41.5 KB (42,496 bytes)

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