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passport.dll

Freshy Toolbar

Freshy

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 Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed as a toolbar in Internet Explore as ‘Search.us.com Toolbar’.
Publisher:
Freshy.com  (signed by Freshy)

Product:
Freshy Toolbar

Version:
2.0.0.1024

MD5:
941bde3a6ac6f49e6860812d315546b2

SHA-1:
139f9948dc8630df546a70f89dd7912433f66269

SHA-256:
05b6818c43db6dc3f513bdd5914a7cc28cb20cb2784699722c01451bc3427d9c

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:
4/25/2024 3:58:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy.Toolbar (M)
16.3.24.7

File size:
10.8 KB (11,104 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1024

Copyright:
(c) 2012 Freshy.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\profiles\10250\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freshy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Freshy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Freshy, 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:
3FE2E83B02F14E8E282304CFC46C3524

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2012 7:06:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:OmfxpsQ+hAsEv4Gr335/wJirNmL/fr8zVD+vKWr9ZCspE+TMIrtcO4:TZQNEvtr3mirILYx7PeMNR

Entry address:
0x108E

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 48, 75, 08, 8B, 45, 08, A3, 18, 30, 00, 10, 33, C0, 40, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 1C, 8B, 4D, 0C, 8B, 45, 08, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 8D, 7D, E4, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, 89, 4D, F8, 2B, F9, 33, D2, 33, F6, 66, 83, 38, 30, 72, 1D, 0F, B7, 08, 66, 83, F9, 39, 77, 14, 6B, D2, 0A, 0F, B7, C9, 46, 8D, 54, 0A, D0, 0F, B7, 0C, 70, 83, F9, 30, 73, E6, 8B, 4D, F8, 89, 14, 0F, 85, F6, 74, 65, 8B, 09, 3B, CA, 7E, 08, 83, 7D, F4, 00, 74, 59, 3B, CA, 7D, 07, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.3246

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

Internet Explorer Toolbar
Display name:
0

CLSID:
{C93C658E-E3C8-4BD2-BAA5-5617AB4B9F06}

CLSID name:
Search.us.com Toolbar


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