parent.txt

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 file parent.txt 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.mediaplayerupdater.com.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
459132619303433aa62912b84764adf3

SHA-1:
01d82db1d3023adf5bebbf7de29aac0a66152aab

SHA-256:
ebd2a1c4ee8a9ee6f8b1e06481dcccea5ef9a5a27e8e478ee0ebc7238253af0e

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:
4/23/2024 7:07:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.PaymentsInteractivesl.Bundler (M)
16.2.10.11

File size:
326.4 KB (334,248 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\e41f03dbf0ac4f2493e7471e19aecc4f\parent.txt

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/9/2012 9:27:23 PM

Valid to:
10/9/2013 4:10:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Payments Interactive sl, O=Payments Interactive sl, L=Puntagorda, S=S.C 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:
277606F12C2592

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XzfNzcAGr1mhiAuWJ8Jvfk+cy+dj1quGqasvgTlkhBYiR:xGRmhfJ8J0xBOuzvgZkhPR

Entry address:
0x323F

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file parent.txt has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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