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:
2.0.0.1534

MD5:
cd854633439cb703f5ad07edbdcba555

SHA-1:
7e1a0349b0eb35181ae835546897dd96872bd571

SHA-256:
9fe1a6f0bd765e7780544d208f9108e5bb67e8a84026ef949d1ad69c17fbc13c

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:
4/23/2024 12:21:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus (M)
16.6.26.23

File size:
587.8 KB (601,872 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1534

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\2.0.0.1534\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 2:59:59 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:
3/28/2013 1:24:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:77rHclqiNRj/KbhdAerl5H0OoLs9MRrJWrcwM:7HcXC1qrGqgbM

Entry address:
0x32830

Entry point:
E8, C8, 7D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 5C, 44, 46, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 9C, 55, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 2C, E2, 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:
6.5403

Code size:
293.5 KB (300,544 bytes)

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