itunes.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 itunes.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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Apple's iTunes but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6867ba48469a5bae83da86830a9a18b6

SHA-1:
ef9a9ef6834ce5aeda0c4cc3f4b4ee426ba5125b

SHA-256:
8a79d3db4a16a0a90aea9936175bd93cbf13b2ab53d04bc685391a7858530166

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 '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:
4/28/2024 1:36:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.21.17

File size:
542.8 KB (555,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
12/5/2014 3:59:59 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 3:51:17 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nMR+5Y8feGk8zju34KptplPujwlxMIS1JM/W0:nFfeyj2LRplqIEi

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:
7.3926

Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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