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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.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
TNT2

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.1928

MD5:
b31a0564b0a5770a367f776264099097

SHA-1:
9c7c52175b3353cacd9b04066004d5779f726fe3

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 9:37:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus.Bundler (M)
16.7.8.20

File size:
1.3 MB (1,388,304 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1928

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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\154\searchustoolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 7:59:59 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:
1/10/2015 8:19:02 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:eOdroQlOKKlwqFTQew6DHyVOeFWvm2anU4owbDLCsPpgW0e:3drog4lbie9DHGOiWhaUjw4WZ

Entry address:
0x4F35

Entry point:
E8, 82, 73, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 98, CE, 41, 00, E8, F5, 12, 00, 00, E8, 64, 18, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 15, 73, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, D8, 24, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9292  (probably packed)

Code size:
91.5 KB (93,696 bytes)

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