TNT2User.exe

Search.us.com

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

Version:
2.0.0.1663

MD5:
4628e3250ce8d482bc3c0e4d83cf8cf4

SHA-1:
5c59f7ff3d312efecd28edc96bcedbb2a74e9cea

SHA-256:
d774196fa1f5085a9140bcf402530d45db846b5cea5ce057e24b2d7b9fbe5a91

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 12:03:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus (M)
16.5.25.19

File size:
604.3 KB (618,768 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1663

Copyright:
© Search.Us.com 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\2.0.0.1663\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
10/1/2013 1:41:44 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pvamxGGUSWqp2GRHASzIscCeFbhY99MRrJWrNDU:damxDBg/LF1QqgZU

Entry address:
0x3543E

Entry point:
E8, BA, 7D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, EC, 85, 46, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8E, 55, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, FE, E1, 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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Entropy:
6.5592

Code size:
305 KB (312,320 bytes)

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