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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including TNT2-11433 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:

2.0.0.2101

MD5:

bb953445d4ada7ff80525df22cc4fca7

SHA-1:

8ae9f869f09b4dec02e410f5d24f15205b12a644

SHA-256:

0ccd283ece95620e3fcb2edc75a37b870d66ef858ab7fbc9acf4a966015059cd

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 4:58:29 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Tightrope (M)

17.3.16.11

File size:

678.2 KB (694,480 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.0.2101

Original file name:

TNT2User.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.2101\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:

6/14/2016 7:45:17 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

Entry address:

0x41DF0

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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Entropy:

6.6166

Code size:

342 KB (350,208 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

Name:

tnt2

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

TNT2-11433 Toolbar by Search.us.com

74% remove it

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