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eShield

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 eshieldtoolbar.exe by eShield 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
eShield  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup program

Version:
2.0.0.2101

MD5:
527ffa4aba43f24d4431830b7c3e3013

SHA-1:
f1615b51461a330e0e4b0813999b64bffb289b2d

SHA-256:
4e4a57cd57b47fe83c8faa59738d6455eb4774e0294194f711cab75839d2f54d

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/12/2024 1:37:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.1.11.14

File size:
1.4 MB (1,508,560 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.2101

Copyright:
© Eshield All Rights Reserved

Original file name:
miniinstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\126\eshieldtoolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
eShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=eShield, O=eShield, 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:
3FB390EC6E5B675E625C0B342989627A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/14/2016 12:45:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0xC3DA

Entry point:
E8, 5A, 69, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, 24, 42, 00, E8, D0, 11, 00, 00, E8, 93, 1B, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, ED, 68, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, C7, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9580  (probably packed)

Code size:
110 KB (112,640 bytes)

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