TNT2User.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 TNT2User.exe by Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Search.us.com by Freshy.
Publisher:
TNT2  (signed by Freshy)

Version:
2.0.0.1107

MD5:
8cb6937d41c3d3a82f6f91242b1d9430

SHA-1:
42cabc26a1316d26567f880b932cded56a0df7cc

SHA-256:
646c9592afbb5ccbda7e0e688208cf34d59b92be3ce9727ebd1321c642309cd2

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:
4/25/2024 3:11:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Freshy (M)
16.3.24.7

File size:
560.3 KB (573,792 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1107

Copyright:
All rights reserved.

Original file name:
TNT2User.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1107\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
8/30/2012 7:06:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:D4rvf2yWnO/PKVgxcJpr8yXkvz4oybvonpNWSILW3UpL7v8OA9rXFqVLx5cxz:0jf2y8O3hCJOy074LgnILUuLPANe1wz

Entry address:
0x2B9F0

Entry point:
E8, D2, 76, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, 6C, 68, 44, 00, E9, A4, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 6C, 68, 44, 00, E8, 91, 2F, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 92, DC, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08, 51, 52, E8, 07, 14, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 04, 33, C0, EB, 24, F6, 06, 02, 74, 05, F6, 07, 08, 74, F2, 8B, 45, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.1283

Code size:
255 KB (261,120 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Search.us.com

Display publisher:
Freshy

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1107\tnt2user.exe" \uninstall partner=10250


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