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passport.dll

Search.Us.com Toolbar

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 module passport.dll by Search.us.com has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Search.us.com which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search.Us.com Toolbar

Version:
2.0.0.1024

MD5:
c13c1feded0b6dfa9476b6fe0c90bf18

SHA-1:
0cc8e21e6c58fe56f9569b895acd19f5f1ffee7e

SHA-256:
37bae68f185baa9fd540801251d7227c6ac6f6beef17398c79f085a10938b431

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:12:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.TNT2
4.0.3.16123

Boost by Reason
Optional.Searchus
188838

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.TNT2 (variant)
10.10972

F-Secure
Adware.Eorezo.BZ
11.2016-23-01_7

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus.Toolbar (M)
16.1.23.0

File size:
11.3 KB (11,536 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1024

Copyright:
(c) Search.Us.com All rights reserved.

Original file name:
FreshyToolbar.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1702\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 5:29:59 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:
11/22/2013 6:17:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:gMSqYPQj3IATl+1I/nYe+PjPXrhfPRK+vjr9ZCspE+TMQrDdg:Gqf3/l+1SnYPL9fyeMW

Entry address:
0x1096

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, FF, 4D, 0C, 75, 08, 8B, 45, 08, A3, 00, 30, 00, 10, 33, C0, 40, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 2C, 8B, C1, 53, 33, C9, 56, 57, 8B, F1, 8B, F9, 89, 4D, F0, 8D, 4D, D4, 89, 45, E4, 8B, D8, 8B, C2, 2B, CA, 89, 55, F8, 89, 45, F4, 89, 4D, E8, C7, 45, EC, 30, 00, 00, 00, 33, C9, 21, 4D, FC, 6A, 30, 5A, 66, 39, 13, 72, 28, 0F, B7, 03, 66, 83, F8, 39, 77, 1C, 6B, C9, 0A, 0F, B7, C0, 83, C0, D0, 03, C8, 8B, 45, FC, 40, 89, 45, FC, 0F, B7, 04, 43, 66, 3B, 45, EC, 73, DE, 8B, 45, F4, 83, 7D, FC, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3169

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

The file passport.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Search.us.com  by Search.us.com
Search.us.com Toolbar a web browser extension and Browser helper Object (for Internet Explorer) that delivers contextual based advertising to the web browser.
www.Search.us.com
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