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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.123mplayer.com.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
488b280407589e41e523683fd24933d1

SHA-1:
fa8ea52b9c4175f31a26ba6d98c201099f3e3721

SHA-256:
5c1b65838d331e5c6f14ddf1c74eccfe349ebae32e0c506007cfbd641e086af5

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:
4/24/2024 2:18:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Payments.Bundler (M)
16.6.5.13

File size:
459 KB (470,064 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Payments Interactive SL

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/21/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 1:00:00 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0C53B3385E2DD3F89A0D1CFE9C0E443C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2013 2:05:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HOfsRf9uxUy2iihdXkgEXdRWate0Z/uUf:pRf9uGymhdy6AXmUf

Entry address:
0xD182

Entry point:
E8, C4, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, 43, 42, 00, E8, C4, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, AF, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B6, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D0, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AA, 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, 70, F0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 6A, 5C, 00...
 
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Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

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

http://ttb.123mplayer.com/download/request/.../CtlLI2Yz?PubID=1731_1925&ClickID=3030293846

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