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TNT2User.exe

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 TNT2User.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. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program eShield Browser Security by eShield.
Publisher:
eShield  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.0.2065

MD5:
5c475007c47e0f7451956303a185cf6d

SHA-1:
7add69e448d57cafab3700223e17e1e7ed62fb88

SHA-256:
518a74bb28d0a75de0b9a01053fe6317cb85ec8933e41ccb0a50ddf71c500892

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:
5/13/2024 6:25:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.11.26.3

File size:
1.7 MB (1,780,944 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.2065

Copyright:
© Eshield 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\2.0.0.2065\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
eShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 1:59:59 AM

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:
3/16/2016 4:23:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OdvymkUwxJQM4gzyNE7Fmg32xQQqYDbujJwxqNbC9MRrJWrLFaPw:2C4pG5dmxwsbCiA4qgPAPw

Entry address:
0x418E0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, A5, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 3C, 0B, 47, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 68, 64, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 4C, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 5C, D9, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 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:
341 KB (349,184 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
eShield Browser Security

Display publisher:
eShield

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.2065\tnt2user.exe" \uninstall partner=11433


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