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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Search.us.com by Search.us.com.
Publisher:
Search.us.com  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.0.1627

MD5:
5c0d192293de40cfbd13eacdb8f9b412

SHA-1:
9f16f0c39ae55a20a28c3679dd1a3967bc2e06c5

SHA-256:
f6e72c072d484d4af53b37afcafd6d269f272237a3eec5355d705504798344e3

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.

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:
4/16/2024 9:22:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Searchus.Bundler (M)
16.6.28.7

File size:
601.8 KB (616,208 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1627

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\2.0.0.1627\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search.us.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 1:59:59 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:
8/9/2013 2:23:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uivbyYuetC2VgH/R0n4X3Ac4ZNH0UW7cX0KjDX4B9MRrJWrpx1:VvbymQHJMw3h4LJj4qg/1

Entry address:
0x348BE

Entry point:
E8, BA, 7D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, EC, 75, 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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Code size:
302.5 KB (309,760 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Search.us.com

Display publisher:
Search.us.com

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1627\tnt2user.exe" \uninstall partner=10583


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