home

java.exe

Clovermedia 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 Clovermedia 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 Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Clovermedia SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6a272e120d140e935aa82e4b09bdc124

SHA-1:
44028c38515086ca0efbf0c4fa181b82a1450e5e

SHA-256:
bf385541e9afd385718632e7cf690c8318b6658c8424504f53257a6ecc29f330

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 8:47:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Cloverme.Bundler (M)
16.4.13.11

File size:
271.4 KB (277,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Clovermedia SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/13/2014 12:22:48 PM

Valid to:
2/13/2015 12:22:48 PM

Subject:
CN=Clovermedia SL, O=Clovermedia SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
281161B1143F2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/28/2014 11:26:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:7oHuXfi3s2s2ovMokgaECP60l4SGGvGGvGGvGGpZGQdYM:7MuXf4YMFECy0l4SGGvGGvGGvGGpBN

Entry address:
0x3FD6

Entry point:
B8, 8C, 1E, 49, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 61, 73, 64, 66, 76, 65, 73, 76, 76, 77, 00, C7, 47, 9A, 81, C7, DF, C6, 8D, E5, 4D, 0C, 69, 7A, AF, 51, DA, C5, A1, 0B, A7, 00, EF, 4C, 8D, 2E, AC, 4E, 8E, 17, E6, 98, C3, BD, BE, CE, 16, E3, 2A, 81, 1B, 3B, 5D, C4, 73, 35, 65, 4A, 9C, 98, 2D, F8, E6, D6, 93, 97, 78, E7, 5C, 4E, AB, 00, 1E, C8, 86, E8, FB, C8, E1, BD, BC, 6D, B1, CC, D5, 81, DF, 97, D3, 12, 7F, B9, 2D, BE, 38, 40, 64, 09, 1B, 67, 02, F4, 52, 9C...
 
[+]

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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

http://www.updowwing.com/.../Java.exe

Remove java.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.