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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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:
2.0.0.2100

MD5:
3a2685334e83c5004463ab2579d9dcb0

SHA-1:
81d4de686c139914164e0bbc47ff7dab71645c6e

SHA-256:
321e1f1b1acd2215e17a4ae71f66fd9b6762cd83247ec6de74ff88ea63eb5984

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:
5/13/2024 8:20:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.12.24.16

File size:
677.7 KB (693,968 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.2100

Copyright:
© Eshield 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\2.0.0.2100\tnt2user.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
5/5/2016 8:25:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x41CF0

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...
 
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Entropy:
6.6171

Code size:
342 KB (350,208 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
eShield Browser Security

Display publisher:
eShield

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.2100\tnt2user.exe" \uninstall partner=11433


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