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ad-aware.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 ad-aware.exe by Lunacom Interactive has been detected as adware by 12 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:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
af962bb16c4eee01c49086dd81b473fa

SHA-1:
63f6d75778a1b239eb491ca383469bd9ca8b73fa

SHA-256:
c0180d93b39d9f52f950cb0e18e82edb9e747ee17dfdc1aa06dcb9c1b075990c

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/25/2024 7:01:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-AF [PUP]
2014.9-150822

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24553
9.0.1.0234

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
8.15.08.22.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AH
9.9663

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of installer.exe (Adware)
2015.8.22.20

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11721

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.1541

Malwarebytes
PUP.OptionalBundleInstaller.A
v2015.08.22.08

McAfee
Artemis!A8D4ABDC4561
5600.6665

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
16.0.0.702

Reason Heuristics
PUP.LunacomInteractive.Installer (M)
15.7.22.13

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28194

File size:
783.3 KB (802,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ad-aware.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/18/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/17/2013 7:59:59 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 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:juudVKYUAIHFSaAmFsXaNU3ZTO37P5/V3oElfPVlyPYmZxc+6kPuKrPD9eN:jueVKYUAIlnHUQV7Fg9jekPuKrL9M

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:
7.9712

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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