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setup.exe

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 application setup.exe 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from m2pub.adk2.net.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e301912bdafd40625390470fe3a02664

SHA-1:
075c441e65cee7b50cbd608f99cffe324234171a

SHA-256:
b68c3d69accade73f4c6122a6aca12a6cd7b626976d6ec9c08973d14c04dbdcc

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:
5/21/2024 10:09:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Payments.Bundler (M)
16.4.25.12

File size:
451.1 KB (461,888 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Payments Interactive SL

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
10/15/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/19/2014 1:00:00 PM

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

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

Serial number:
060CE3456FDDB3F98DA9EDA1B876842F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/1/2013 6:54:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:2OoM2iSrUT2nTNtY/ccyuWblLt7p61e00p62YAPF3MG8rgw/gShgusElY95:XmnTNtY/SVTye00o7A6G8kzShrsP5

Entry address:
0xD74B

Entry point:
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Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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

https://m2pub.adk2.net/event/click/0/c4Xqve0rOMm1ZQxzToUsOqQRvpxNK4cK9ELpCj8y3gZXtd-2m4_m1FI7tLK5Fde6GMej7Wm3HzLvTeiqoohU8JV0tJ7aGYUskpfLVjEXHBk2La_gpegJVImY-oyAEg18RDfEqxfiDI7bjBG3DoDBt_grsYovxSs_umJ9oWc_TQXX1SGonl89yZ1bh41SpVy4zJbRaLn57OFGb2WY5Z6W8bBlLYlOGmz2ae3EcnTzqaAY_PImdejVZVntJo8qi-AQ87yJUKTBm5q9Asigk8XkNlgq1jcUirMx-It-YcOwpzzgKhd-nCXiQM0hnON6aaRSbS2NLTMOAr3Ng8xkjkjoIZiwQGwfnTkObWMstCW8j0gDTBqJM9h30KhthZ-kL41G1cs4n9lq/.../

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