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Search.Us.com Toolbar

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 module passport.dll by Search.us.com has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search.Us.com Toolbar

Version:
2.0.0.1024

MD5:
ccf30c654b7d7cea79f4c7a5e5e9e5c4

SHA-1:
6e30eb1c0dc9300fb3fd4ff03f18f176465edc9f

SHA-256:
22bb3c39c99585070ebe5aa4a80da5887f06d5da702c988b3ae2a97f0de686c4

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:23:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.TNT2
4.0.3.15122

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.TNT2.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.Eorezo.BZ
5.13.68

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Toolbar.Tightrope
15.1.22.16

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)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1928\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 12:59:59 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:
1/10/2015 1:18:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:rMSqAPQjHIAYl+1IznYe+PjPXrhfPRK+vjr9ZCspE+TMQrDTaHC1:vqnHcl+1OnYPL9fyeMX

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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

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