java.exe

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 java.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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Oracle Java Runtime but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f7c0538bcf4c405777721a6e56600e1

SHA-1:
12a0946e29c926e7c2adfe082f80fd830b914495

SHA-256:
136443ed423169ff2f66b3a357a9916f76e19235cd98e8b82ae8145e8335e0ab

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/29/2024 7:22:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.PaymentsInteractive.Bundler (M)
15.12.31.8

File size:
387.4 KB (396,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/5/2013 9:09:43 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2014 9:09:43 AM

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:
3/19/2014 5:59:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:tOKPXi+0p+iIZYGCd94E6COgltYQVYTTcAx7vp+wb56bYIY3V:P/Pw+bYGCdljnt5VYTTcc7ebYjV

Entry address:
0x3056

Entry point:
E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.2632

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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