player setup.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 player setup.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.cloudbox05.com.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b7442d39b0634b23096681355e8f7edc

SHA-1:
6faa2d88f420c0ea47cd87e120f83209c8de5f59

SHA-256:
dbd43bd0f72427c124d5cfa369a8946117f76f6eb07a7f87798f2f9efca9b86f

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/8/2024 5:11:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Payments.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.15

File size:
285.1 KB (291,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/28/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Payments Interactive SL, O=Payments Interactive SL, STREET=Camino las fayeras 1, L=Puntagorda, S=Santa cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38789, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D9CDF60C136552E24EDA78215D3EE028

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/23/2014 10:19:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:tfNeHWeRlVQ1Nra8jVjWoay31aOq/G1G8Xcp6P2QqJYg:5NARlVQ1NraqxWoaylVl1LXgbQQ

Entry address:
0x4DF4

Entry point:
B8, D4, C3, 49, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 70, 65, 63, 6F, 73, 6F, 74, 75, 6D, 61, 00, 89, F6, 52, D3, 88, 2D, CC, 59, 6B, 61, B6, 11, FC, FE, 06, A9, 78, 4B, 53, 0C, DC, C4, 4B, 1A, 51, 80, BC, CE, 8F, 24, 4F, 60, 76, 60, 68, 64, 89, 00, 4C, A7, BC, C1, D5, BF, D8, 07, 52, 1F, 67, CC, 62, 1F, 86, 1A, 59, C6, 07, 17, 31, 47, 04, 8D, 17, F7, 25, D1, 22, D0, A1, D0, 13, 3D, 55, 0D, 90, 4C, C4, 8F, 92, 1A, 30, 42, 62, 6B, BF, 6A, AA, 1E, B6, 08, 5F, CD, F4...
 
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Entropy:
7.9485  (probably packed)

Code size:
109 KB (111,616 bytes)

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

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