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Payments Interactive SL

This is the Tuguu DomaIQ download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application flashplayer.exe by Payments Interactive SL 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 TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9b46dbbb231ece5f6af6762b303f5996

SHA-1:
40c1e2b642807ccaa71a88aa435cbcbd7e8e562a

SHA-256:
f1a57247c9a888b9fe32df314826fd4622b1ac5ff03a172f53a61b8acbbf00a4

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:
11/15/2024 11:49:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Payments.Bundler (M)
16.5.20.8

File size:
382.5 KB (391,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\flashplayer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Payments Interactive SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/5/2013 3:09:43 PM

Valid to:
12/5/2014 3:09:43 PM

Subject:
CN=Payments Interactive SL, O=Payments Interactive SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4EAD03AB9EAF7D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2014 5:39:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XMcaGLqwiO3S9O02uD2ZhrHNmGgs3W6kQMLnnGmHbxGEeYT:XwGewiOC9FDKhrRgs3W6kznG0GE5

Entry address:
0x340B

Entry point:
E8, 62, 51, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B...
 
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Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

The file flashplayer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downland.aboede.com/.../flashplayer.exe

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