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searchustoolbar.exe

TNT2

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 application searchustoolbar.exe 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
TNT2

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.1660

MD5:
c518c600af341865ee6ce594f5a781d1

SHA-1:
95ec1cc4241af6fe57025884506070257c8cfeaa

SHA-256:
338b4f592e95d6b1aefbea6aa9012c589c6e40843d482ccec57325b4bfa0366f

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 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:
4/23/2024 10:36:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.10.5.2

File size:
1.2 MB (1,213,712 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1660

Copyright:
© Search.Us.com 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\29\searchustoolbar.exe

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:
9/25/2013 10:07:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cOhB6mMfeba228QviNuPnDtxuWf69qpSSsLgBgSv7jjzXwvcLSFP:tBPa2QEmZlyMISGevv7jHXPLmP

Entry address:
0x3FFD

Entry point:
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Code size:
87.5 KB (89,600 bytes)

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