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FindWide

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 application search findwide.exe by FindWide has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
FindWide  (signed and verified)

MD5:
440742412e14da1951e86184caa141b4

SHA-1:
a4a065d42cd1021f8be5a9f52b68fca1916af807

SHA-256:
0fb2293e20f2f1039b09f190953c29a9d4bc943b00e1bfa3ad837ec53ce3c867

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:
5/7/2024 6:57:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.FindWide (M)
15.12.16.10

File size:
13.8 KB (14,112 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\24\search findwide.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FindWide

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/3/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FindWide, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FindWide, 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:
77A7F86399C7BD73854873DA281178E9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/26/2013 12:14:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:aLw/79blY8kikq/tIpInYe+PjPErxa+vLI4Idkr9ZCspE+TMQrRi:XR0ikq/tI2nYPLgO4IzeMB

Entry address:
0x10B0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 10, 0C, 00, 00, 56, 8D, 85, F0, FB, FF, FF, BE, 3C, 20, 40, 00, 8B, C8, BA, 00, 04, 00, 00, 2B, F1, 8B, FF, 8D, 8A, FE, FB, FF, 7F, 85, C9, 74, 0F, 8A, 0C, 06, 84, C9, 74, 08, 88, 08, 40, 4A, 75, E9, EB, 04, 85, D2, 75, 01, 48, 8D, 55, FC, 52, 68, 19, 01, 02, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 20, 40, 00, 68, 01, 00, 00, 80, C6, 00, 00, FF, 15, 08, 20, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 60, 8D, 45, F8, 50, 8D, 8D, F0, F3, FF, FF, 51, 8D, 55, F0, 52, 8B, 55, FC, 6A, 00, 8D, 45, F4, 50, 8D, 8D, F0, F7, FF, FF, 51, 6A...
 
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Entropy:
6.4821

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

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