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media-player-codec-pack.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 media-player-codec-pack.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from cp.gufile.com.
Publisher:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1d424c58e5c46f40296f992634e90d3d

SHA-1:
65d9401fb06339bfe32f1a7bdc882be5abad8694

SHA-256:
c63ae4749a291beeea72fc3faff4be10d6bfac700aefbed3a9e29f3e456ed388

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:
12/26/2024 2:43:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.LunacomInteractive.Bundler (M)
16.2.11.2

File size:
632.8 KB (648,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\media-player-codec-pack.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/18/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/17/2013 6:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 4:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1uudoYcGL//JWM01Vfby4QQvRO4mqPeQ9HXD4AQfKF+cl19IB0JG9db:1ueoYT/hmflRBmqPeQ93D4AQ6X2Bb

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9600

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file media-player-codec-pack.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cp.gufile.com/pasarela/affp/.../mkwid=O2k38L5M&pcrid=2048252029&kword=codecs windows media player&match=e

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