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google-earth.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 google-earth.exe by Lunacom Interactive 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.nicdls.com.
Publisher:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3ef495cdf4ef411f792614ff2711bb9f

SHA-1:
20912c8bca2cffaf3b81be57fa44ccf23d9226bd

SHA-256:
3a662cea7ed2be525859526fc54c770e2e6be1283f2f9a06f82bca17b781ad8f

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:
4/20/2024 3:15:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.LunacomI.Bundler (M)
16.3.14.19

File size:
542.7 KB (555,752 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}\google-earth.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/5/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/5/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Lunacom Interactive Ltd, OU="Raul Valenberg 6, ", 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:
15E496383F5A0396A7AD86D85850D5BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2013 6:51:17 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GMR+5Y8feGk8zju34KptplPujwlxMIS1JM/i+:GFfeyj2LRplqIEw

Entry address:
0xD6B6

Entry point:
E8, 2E, 71, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 36, 42, 00, E8, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 90, B8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 19, 73, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 20, 7B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 18, 21, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 14, 72, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, A8, E0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 3C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, E0, 68, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3925

Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

The file google-earth.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dlp.nicdls.com/c/81/google-earth/341/.../pcj74l7o?kw=CLqPgqD74roCFeIb4god8E4A9A

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