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tightrope.stub.dll

Freshy

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 tightrope.stub.dll by Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Freshy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
beab4452f42efc993088cbc3a94767e5

SHA-1:
af27e26cfa5c48bd448095b033c734088e0b71d6

SHA-256:
76e62785f0b17bbcb26aef8143aa6828f2d20ec6e4f6fc7010eb8cb0e13d3c77

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:
4/24/2024 7:25:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy (M)
16.3.20.22

File size:
143.8 KB (147,256 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\freshy\toolbar\tightrope.stub.dll

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

Registration
CLSIDs:
{761CEC6F-D9E6-4A71-BFC6-DD2785FD052A}, {CD3FEA81-A221-4E47-983E-F7DA6E62B59D}

ProgIDs:
Tightrope.ToolbarBHO.1, Tightrope.Toolbar.2

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/12/2011 3:04:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:mkMykIv+iJKXPPNgvzOd2Q8h6oES9oORW8EbJZ9lktxDMzePmZAV52OKwOEI4ktX:mi3KP6zO4go7qPJZqMePmWVYOKnEI4kx

Entry address:
0x133B0

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 66, 04, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, CC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, FF, 25, E4, 62, 01, 10, FF, 25, E0, 62, 01, 10, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 28, 05, 02, 10, 89, 0D, 24, 05, 02, 10, 89, 15, 20, 05, 02, 10, 89, 1D, 1C, 05, 02, 10, 89, 35, 18...
 
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Entropy:
6.3627

Code size:
83.5 KB (85,504 bytes)

Internet Explorer Web Browser
Name:
{CD3FEA81-A221-4E47-983E-F7DA6E62B59D}


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