home

passport.dll

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:
8c3455d3ca157c5f0397da866169192d

SHA-1:
cd14af9089b9906cc964e6fad9d694f3583909db

SHA-256:
43d64e4872abd116b27af60c5f6a144f160ae0ef11bd7f7c8d25b195c48a8c2d

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 5:41:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.TNT2
4.0.3.15114

Boost by Reason
Optional.Searchus.I
188838

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Toolbar.Searchus.I
15.1.14.17

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\2.0.0.1918\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 1:59:59 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:
12/19/2014 12:18:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:oMSqQPQjNIAkl+1IgnYe+PjPXrhfPRK+vjr9ZCspE+TMQrDNjL0:uq3NIl+1dnYPL9fyeMs/

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...
 
[+]

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

Remove passport.dll - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.