java.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 java.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. 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:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
db22a9a9d98809b29810b68ecc0544c7

SHA-1:
a1092ad8c04dbc66483b2b2cde28354270a1eb17

SHA-256:
35156872d08192bdfc5674cfe21fc77fdef1c85a40c392bc793b24fa2e9678ae

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 3:41:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.27.12

File size:
471.5 KB (482,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/6/2014 2:59:59 AM

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:
12/16/2013 2:20:29 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:qmsyd7BspOWZ+Stxo3Gc2uqy3gu88mWCMpCRWFf2Kj+m+6XUYB:2pO3StxwGc2c3tfmfsCRA22+m+8x

Entry address:
0xD141

Entry point:
E8, CB, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 08, 43, 42, 00, E8, C5, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B6, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, BD, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D1, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, B1, 64, 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, 80, F0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 71, 5C, 00...
 
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Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

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

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