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tightrope.utils.exe

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 application tightrope.utils.exe 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:
7bec31534ad40e4b42801d98550fc403

SHA-1:
dbbcdd31b8ed92226deab249c25faa4a9a87e8b6

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:
4/26/2024 12:14:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope
15.1.22.12

File size:
121.8 KB (124,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\freshy\toolbar\2011-11-21t14-32-04\tightrope.utils.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freshy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2013 7:59:59 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:
11/21/2011 4:23:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Qx/v+60nYTMZxHwAlG0zr7+YHpwSbOiEpTV/Te1g8QLU:QNcYTGxQkzr7+YJ9OiEppeYI

Entry address:
0x65C1

Entry point:
E8, D2, 03, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, B8, 06, 41, 00, 89, 0D, B4, 06, 41, 00, 89, 15, B0, 06, 41, 00, 89, 1D, AC, 06, 41, 00, 89, 35, A8, 06, 41, 00, 89, 3D, A4, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, D0, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, C4, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, A0, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 9C, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 98, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 94, 06, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, C8, 06, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, BC, 06, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, C0, 06, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, CC, 06, 41...
 
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Entropy:
5.8312

Code size:
38 KB (38,912 bytes)

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