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TNT2User.exe

eShield

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 eShield has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program eShield Browser Security by eShield. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including TNT2-11493 Toolbar by Search.us.com and eShield Browser Security by Search.us.com, both potentially unwanted software.

File name:

TNT2User.exe

Publisher:

eShield (signed and verified)

Version:

2.0.0.2010

MD5:

768e74114c598879e6e6423aadb8599a

SHA-1:

7b498616fa65765e0d78cb73a5033e58156f1433

SHA-256:

4f4c05c2c166734d84b68b4dacd29c19feb77af0f85d155a50c14009f809abae

Scanner detections:

5 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 9:42:28 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

PUA/FindWide.Gen

8.3.2.2

AVG

Generic

2016.0.2990

Dr.Web

Adware.Toolbar.622

9.0.1.0253

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.TNT2.A potentially unwanted (variant)

9.12229

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Tightrope.eShield (M)

15.9.10.15

File size:

650.2 KB (665,808 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.0.2010

Original file name:

TNT2User.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.2010\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

eShield

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

7/22/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/22/2017 2:59:59 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:

9/8/2015 8:59:27 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:+dvNm0UwR3QMv3wwDNGaJUIrlm+Os2YJec8bLLXdHhqWqsHJ9MRrJWrL4hDRRY3:G5vgSvU0PHQc8b3XZU0qgPSDRRY3

Entry address:

0x41850

Entry point:

E8, FF, 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, E8, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.5564

Code size:

340.5 KB (348,672 bytes)

Program Uninstaller

Program name:

eShield Browser Security

Display publisher:

eShield

Uninstall string:

"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.2010\tnt2user.exe" \uninstall partner=11433

The file TNT2User.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

eShield Browser Security by Search.us.com

This toolbar will install a Search.us.com web browser home page and search page hijacker.

64% remove it

TNT2-11493 Toolbar by Search.us.com

83% remove it

TNT2-bar Toolbar by Search.us.com

74% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 30.3a.1632.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com (50.22.58.48:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to d9.3f.6132.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com (50.97.63.217:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 18.55.c0ad.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com (173.192.85.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a92-123-180-184.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (92.123.180.184:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to host-213.158.175.66.tedata.net (213.158.175.66:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a23-10-240-168.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.10.240.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 125.234.51.42.hcm.viettel.vn (125.234.51.42:80)

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