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 www.lpcloudbox0121.com.
Publisher:
Payments Interactive SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e8df8200c53d3ddd98287688d29e06fd

SHA-1:
6ac539f4d5fe462f654c8db4380d0c535327f38d

SHA-256:
0a6cf2ccd65f658195b4993aaeeefdfe0e2a9e8ffc2d2765c6e80b4a254f2eb9

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:
8/12/2025 11:36:10 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Payments.Bundler (M)
16.4.15.6

File size:
654.2 KB (669,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/27/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Payments Interactive SL, O=Payments Interactive SL, STREET=Camino las fayeras 1, L=Puntagorda, S=Santa cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38789, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D9CDF60C136552E24EDA78215D3EE028

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2014 7:56:34 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KAOn2vQLFMBqOqb3W0LXxpULy0l4SGGvGGvGGvGGp2w64:KT9eqb3W0LXXLXSGGvGGvGGvGGp2K

Entry address:
0x571B

Entry point:
E8, FE, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 8C, F5, 42, 00, FF, 15, 6C, D0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 90, 13, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 50, D0, 41, 00, 50, E8, DB, 13, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, F6, 74, 1B, 6A, E0, 33, D2, 58, F7, F6, 3B, 45, 10, 73, 0F, E8, 5D, 13, 00, 00, C7, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 3C, 0F, AF, 75, 10, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 74, 09, 53, E8, 38, 0D, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F8...
 
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Code size:
108.5 KB (111,104 bytes)

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

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