flashplayer.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 flashplayer.exe by Payments Interactive SL has been detected as adware by 26 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c6d4109fa90fb78c6d605d45fa61a425

SHA-1:
ead02f787364e6f7923e645134f7baee774377ca

SHA-256:
9e03299edc76a5a65f2ea6dc0a113b93eb593182c87be1b315322f8e8526eb0c

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/26/2024 8:20:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
1004

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
14.05.06

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.147.254

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-BM [PUP]
2014.9-140506

AVG
DomaIQ.X
2015.0.3482

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
1.0.20.630

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUT
18230

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2215
9.0.1.0126

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9766

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-06-05_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11997

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3906

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.05.06.07

McAfee
PUP-FJP!6ED9A5CF8738
5600.7138

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
15.0.0.378

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.cvxwqj
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.06.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PaymentsInteractiveSL.L
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.DomaIQ!6.15EA
23.00.65.14504

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28936

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.178
2.0.0.1779

File size:
382.4 KB (391,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2014 2:58:55 PM

Valid to:
2/7/2015 2:58:55 PM

Subject:
CN=Payments Interactive SL, O=Payments Interactive SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B974AA267457F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2014 4:25:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:FSI5kqTzKQSzyQoR/M+634/ZaKszyR8Qbti28W/sYC:BpTz9SWQoR/Mb4VszyRi29/K

Entry address:
0x30ED

Entry point:
E8, B2, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3...
 
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Code size:
55 KB (56,320 bytes)

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

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