google-chrome.exe

Lunacom Interactive Ltd

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 google-chrome.exe by Lunacom Interactive 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 Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
010e7de6b564ea3f5ba96fa3a6d5bca2

SHA-1:
0d8d11546a840a5ce11cfc9c21b9af2d1e8bff57

SHA-256:
ed102104305d8fa1035fc77f009ddf2b775f70cc09354d67cb3336889370a50f

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:
12/25/2024 5:11:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.LunacomI.Bundler (M)
16.3.20.5

File size:
313.5 KB (321,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/18/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/17/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Lunacom Interactive Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Lunacom Interactive Ltd, L=Tel Aviv-Jaffa, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
374739D0B1B7562D55B8044DEBF0C807

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2013 4:09:38 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:n+K038d3+IloNF3HQbs1i5T6TNdyGWPBtVOyt0foLzHWu7JtF2TWtzLNsYR0:e3+37loNZH0ei5yxY7VvtJv7bF2Stzz0

Entry address:
0x30DC

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 78, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 73, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 80, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, 36, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 0B, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.8808

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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