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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 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 ‘Playfin.com Toolbar w/Sendori - SERP 7’.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search.Us.com Toolbar

Version:
2.0.0.1024

MD5:
430e62d3f83a14a67a5b26e5fe695950

SHA-1:
d755487bff7774e97e50a1c5c45b5d825cd0f167

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:
4/23/2024 7:04:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus.Toolbar (M)
16.5.20.12

File size:
11.3 KB (11,560 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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\tnt2\profiles\10408\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2013 4:59:59 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:
43D8A91FFBCF0895F68EACA5DF5C03A8

Registration
CLSID:
{DBF540F3-91C3-4FE0-BE4C-3650DDED1496}

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2013 6:31:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:9mfxpOQ+HAVUl+1V/ynYe+PjPsLrBdK+v5Ur9ZCspE+TMQrEL:cZSaUl+1pynYPLs5dHFeMN

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:
6.3822

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

Internet Explorer Toolbar
Display name:
0

CLSID:
{DBF540F3-91C3-4FE0-BE4C-3650DDED1496}

CLSID name:
Playfin.com Toolbar w/Sendori - SERP 7


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