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player_setup.exe

Awimba LLC

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 player_setup.exe by Awimba has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.downloadsetup.com.
Publisher:
Awimba LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dcdde519d2aab139df224a46b8ae1aa5

SHA-1:
8fb1edb2b8827799f1aec1503cdda81075f3abf5

SHA-256:
ea6d473e83783387c44f934649c068d78c659eec5af1d4ebe29507575f1a2f10

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 3:48:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
6765824

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.163.92

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150305

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3179

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
1.0.20.320

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.U
18936

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.37
9.0.1.064

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AG potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/DomaIQ_AG
3/5/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.12.3

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.181.12806

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.DomaIQ
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.OptionalBundleInstaller.A
v2015.03.05.12

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
16.0.0.192

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Adware.dcnaeo
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Awimba
15.3.5.12

Sophos
PUA 'DomainIQ pay-per install'
5.11

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.DomalIQ/Variant
10016

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Lollipop.Win32.251
2.0.0.2089

File size:
773.6 KB (792,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Awimba LLC

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/9/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2014 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Awimba LLC, O=Awimba LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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

Serial number:
09A928EF40E9E87418147E2639362A6E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Yuud2ih4ev4J54elubYj4/V0jnhxA6LX5eA563BNK6XE/8l5oAWahI3sV1E0dkOg:YueR4j6elZMVanreA5eKkvoAhQ813ddg

Entry address:
0x323C

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, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9695

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://dlp.downloadsetup.com/p/151/Player_Setup/556/.../q6aOt36d

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