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player_plugin.exe

Awimba LLC

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_plugin.exe by Awimba has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Awimba LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
af17db0474919fe78d91de4499ce7e83

SHA-1:
a2bc81ab97f632c698bedb6d5df796f9fc801543

SHA-256:
fb10d1da5fa72adc74d4aedd55d2f82d99eb545da958189a86097d46c6925f22

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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:
1/14/2025 12:23:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
6217679

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2014.12.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.197.44

avast!
DomaIQ-AF [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3252

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
1.0.20.1780

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.W
20441

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.37
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AH potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
APPL
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14410

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.DomaIQ
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.OptionalBundleInstaller.A
v2014.12.22.04

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!7EA292538C27
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
15.0.0.1068

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Adware.dcnaeo
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Awimba.N
14.12.22.16

Sophos
PUA 'DomainIQ pay-per install'
5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.DomalIQ/Variant
10162

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.39294
2.0.0.2013

File size:
721.6 KB (738,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Awimba LLC

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/9/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2014 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Awimba LLC, O=Awimba LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
09A928EF40E9E87418147E2639362A6E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2uudU1f3GHvN/scE8qBjwkH8O0Q8HgukpmrfMdEh5YMxuqxQ4iz:2ueU1e9scgRwkHKQP7OUuh5lxuqxKz

Entry address:
0x323C

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, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9665

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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