What is TSAdBot.exe?

TSAdBot.exe is part of Conducent AdGateway and developed by Conducent Technologies, Inc. according to the TSAdBot.exe version information.

TSAdBot.exe's description is "TSAdBot"

TSAdBot.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\TimeSink\AdGateway\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected TSAdBot.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on TSAdBot.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameConducent AdGateway
Company nameConducent Technologies, Inc.
File descriptionTSAdBot
Internal nameTSAdBot
Original filenameTSAdBot.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1999
Product version4, 0, 0, 7
File version4, 0, 0, 7

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameConducent AdGateway
Company nameConducent Technologies, Inc.
File descriptionTSAdBot
Internal nameTSAdBot
Original filenameTSAdBot.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1999
Product version4, 0, 0, 7
File version4, 0, 0, 7

Digital signatures [?]

TSAdBot.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

47 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the TSAdBot.exe file. That's a 66% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Adware.Heur.fu0@RK@5Esei
AegisLab Riskware.Win32.Timesink.1!c
Alibaba AdWare:Win32/TimeSink.855b11f2
ALYac Spyware.Timesink
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.TimeSink
Arcabit Adware.Heur.EF2B61
Avast Win32:Timesink-B [PUP]
AVG FileRepMalware [PUP]
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1022199
BitDefender Gen:Adware.Heur.fu0@RK@5Esei
ClamAV Win.Adware.Timesink-1
CMC Generic.Win32.17d376f548!MD
Comodo Application.Win32.Adware.TimeSink@3t8a
Cybereason malicious.54898b
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/TSAdbot.IKZI-5024
DrWeb Adware.TSAdvert
Emsisoft Gen:Adware.Heur.fu0@RK@5Esei (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Adware.TimeSink
F-Prot W32/TSAdbot.A
F-Secure Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1022199
FireEye Gen:Adware.Heur.fu0@RK@5Esei
Fortinet Adware/TimeSink
GData Gen:Adware.Heur.fu0@RK@5Esei
Jiangmin AdWare/TimeSink.b
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Adware-TSADB.a
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-TSADB.a
Microsoft Spyware:Win32/Conducent
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Adware.Heur.fu0@RK@5Esei
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.TimeSink.bnnlc
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.ad5
Rising Spyware.Conducent!8.254B (RDMK:cmRtazqEejuDXqRqehNE6m9RO1s4)
Sophos AdGateway Timesink (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.TimeSink/Variant
Symantec Adware.TSAdBot
TACHYON Trojan-Clicker/W32.TimeSink.90624
Tencent Win32.Adware.Timesink.Eanr
TrendMicro ADWARE_CONDUCENTTECH
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADWARE_CONDUCENTTECH
VBA32 BScope.Adware.TSAdvert
VIPRE Conducent/Timesink
ViRobot Adware.TimeSink.90624
Webroot Adware.TimeSink
Yandex Adware.TimeSink!tMC4kaJe57Y
Zillya Adware.TimeSink.Win32.43
47 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the TSAdBot.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1582228402.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "InstallShield 2000",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.078655958175659,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0381999015808105,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0404820442199707,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.049543857574463,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.551386833190918,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09698915481567383,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5474820137023926,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.0627899169921875,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.141326904296875,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "45a9a8a9ec144eed7297126c9cb644c5f7fe835c3a53f65fe60b19396a4ab0ec",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "d754c94b7eed23a7b2da7dee8b311fe8eaebd78113c5268b4eb19cccefecb7dd",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

TSAdBot.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove TSAdBot.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the TSAdBot.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that TSAdBot.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate TSAdBot.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the TSAdBot.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate TSAdBot.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\TimeSink\AdGateway\TSAdBot.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the TSAdBot.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If TSAdBot.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If TSAdBot.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If TSAdBot.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that TSAdBot.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Folder name variants

TSAdBot.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\TimeSink\AdGateway\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD517d376f54898bb8ced22f9d58b78bac7
SHA256252ea14c6ecc884a7501d9e637544cd91af6d79e4f7cd3103cafdacce5f1c3f7

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to tsadbot.exe:

tsadbot.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

tsadbot.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

TSAdBot has stopped working.

End Program - tsadbot.exe. This program is not responding.

tsadbot.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

tsadbot.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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