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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 java.exe by Payments Interactive 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Oracle Java Runtime 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:
fdb8c7cf003f776ce5ebc47185539a30

SHA-1:
a07c137984bbb57b9254df905cf7adbfab22df1a

SHA-256:
15f79223e7098098eb6bb113d08523eded4a28ceed3c59e633859104e0272f68

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:
4/26/2024 6:31:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.PaymentsInteractive.Bundler (M)
16.1.27.0

File size:
438.5 KB (449,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Payments Interactive SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/5/2013 9:09:43 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2014 9:09:43 AM

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

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4EAD03AB9EAF7D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/16/2014 5:37:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:O4miLuncbmmkHCUwDgt/ZSwLM2f3a6xAEg8ovT9ploCe1O6pRbYxvfTHMYnQ:xmiGmkHC3s3SwLMAvxAQwjJe7SrH/Q

Entry address:
0x271A

Entry point:
E8, 27, 2E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 20, FA, 41, 00, E8, 0C, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, D8, 57, 42, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 29, 30, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 4C, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 6D, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, FD, 2E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 4C, 52, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, C0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, E3, 0A, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7362

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

http://www.mostshinstar.com/.../Java.exe

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