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parent.txt

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 file parent.txt 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.mediaplayerupdater.com.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5ea6a4e18fb9195e6f2d354cc82e4c37

SHA-1:
49827344a1668fd953eeaf387d4c36e78fc282e5

SHA-256:
cfebfedb3d06f0c871c264776169c569883a8ac0311e9275a5574edfcdee6964

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:
12/26/2024 12:37:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.PaymentsInteractivesl.Bundler (M)
16.2.10.11

File size:
326.4 KB (334,248 bytes)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\e41f03dbf0ac4f2493e7471e19aecc4f\parent.txt

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Payments Interactive sl

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/9/2012 9:27:23 PM

Valid to:
10/9/2013 4:10:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Payments Interactive sl, O=Payments Interactive sl, L=Puntagorda, S=S.C 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:
277606F12C2592

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XzfNzcAGr1mhiAuWJ8Jvfk+cy+dj1quGqasvgTlkhBYs4:xGRmhfJ8J0xBOuzvgZkhB4

Entry address:
0x323F

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file parent.txt has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ttb.mediaplayerupdater.com/download/request/521e31db5f1c1ed827000003/.../?uid=pg10woDOWy

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