browser_update.exe

Clovermedia 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 browser_update.exe by Clovermedia 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.
Publisher:
Clovermedia SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d7b9a0704e895399abe3880616725ad9

SHA-1:
67f8bd064b26ed72d64ccd9d5619a30b89970593

SHA-256:
e6b200632306cbf1d6fae8a14feb6cf069335aea2531a54250e90db9e6767815

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:
4/19/2024 12:42:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.12.18.20

File size:
487.4 KB (499,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/12/2014 12:16:19 PM

Valid to:
2/13/2015 12:16:19 PM

Subject:
E=media@clovermediainter.com, CN=Clovermedia SL, O=Clovermedia SL, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112168F91EF65A6728FFFA559E8ED6A2EEC5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/1/2014 5:36:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x447B

Entry point:
E8, 7D, 2D, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, A0, 18, 00, 00, FF, 35, 68, F6, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, D0, 41, 00, C3, FF, 35, 68, F6, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, D0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, DA, 24, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4C, 36, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 63, 36, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 68, F6, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, D0, 41, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 7C, D0, 41, 00, A3, 68, F6, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 6F, 39, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Code size:
112 KB (114,688 bytes)

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