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player_setup.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 player_setup.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from s.m2pub.com.
Publisher:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6cabac8423117f730021fdc7d319fe9c

SHA-1:
f8acc4810be704f42c65ace6e0b194fcd4c2d0c8

SHA-256:
b57fa56e028558f9b1204d486087b4ec4a5d1f23a832f6432e9a290093854553

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 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 9:40:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.8.8.3

File size:
822.5 KB (842,224 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:
Lunacom Interactive Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/19/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/18/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lunacom Interactive Ltd, 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:
374739D0B1B7562D55B8044DEBF0C807

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1DuuddOz/jvPAcHtbL2uzpazN3uaLQLM7zil8l8InCAr1k5kBQ8ZvzVHA/72lrqm:JueUr8cNbpzwB+a0LMSECKkWOAvzCYz

Entry address:
0x30DE

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 27, 7A, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, A4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 68, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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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://s.m2pub.com/event/click/0/CiRhODhlNDM1Ni0xOTAzLTRjZGItOGQ0Zi0yMjFiZGEyN2I4NTUiCDEyMDAwMjkxKggxMjAwMjEwOTIIMTE4NzgxMTI6Bm1hdG9teUIIMTE3MzAwNDhKCDExNzA4MTEzUgJGUloCQjRiCDEyMDAyODk0agZDaHJvbWWQAQGYAQGoAQCyASA2ZGYxY2UwNmUzZTUxMWUyYTI2MTEyMzEzZDJkNTliZsIBAMgBAdABAd0BAAAAAOUBAAAAAO0BAAAAAPABAfgBAYICCWMxMTg4MjEyMogCAJACAJgCAKACAaoCALoCA25pbA/.../

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