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searchus-tb10250.exe

Freshy

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 application searchus-tb10250.exe by Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
TNT2  (signed by Freshy)

Product:
TNT2

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.1107

MD5:
85c763f5cf572f2ac533fc1dbfe342fb

SHA-1:
aa4b034dfb589704ed23ecf49a3b8cd8c7292b25

SHA-256:
0ceae0582e05858ba85445095c81445d0863924a51e0eb60de61c60f374fe252

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 10:19:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy.Bundler (M)
16.7.6.10

File size:
1.2 MB (1,247,584 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1107

Copyright:
All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
ToolbarInst.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\2\searchus-tb10250.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freshy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
7/28/2013 6:59:59 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 6:07:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tNJW64EOCqWqE4X8BZG2jLBPbxK/mfpdelLPn8lYNde45:trQDX+ZGoxK+BdeNcs

Entry address:
0x3526

Entry point:
E8, EF, 67, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, C4, 60, 41, 00, 57, FF, 35, 88, E1, 41, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, 84, E1, 41, 00, 8B, D8, 89, 5D, FC, FF, D6, 8B, F0, 3B, F3, 0F, 82, 81, 00, 00, 00, 8B, FE, 2B, FB, 8D, 47, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 75, 53, E8, 76, 69, 00, 00, 8B, D8, 8D, 47, 04, 59, 3B, D8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, D8, 73, 02, 8B, C3, 03, C3, 3B, C3, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, B2, 68, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 43, 10, 3B, C3, 72, 3E, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9560  (probably packed)

Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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