TNT2User.exe

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 TNT2User.exe by Search.us.com has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.0.1928

MD5:
f8b22ff0e62eb248e59f8c624caf25ae

SHA-1:
034b4ffd621cd7ed45122838146ce35c931067b0

SHA-256:
a4560e6b35c276df9998004d13f910feef8a9b708dd113d6fac7222f3a62ae1b

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 4:34:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.TNT2.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope
15.1.22.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
37558

File size:
638.8 KB (654,096 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1928

Copyright:
© Search.Us.com All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
TNT2User.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1928\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
1/10/2015 1:18:33 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MYs0GUkicOBqu5/AozQjS7EopDKAT9hW5evvIGnrZhif19MRrJWreqkk:SUUOBXRJzDh0wAG9U1qg/kk

Entry address:
0x39B2B

Entry point:
E8, 2C, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 70, 08, 47, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 21, 62, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 01, DA, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Code size:
332.5 KB (340,480 bytes)

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