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windows-live-essentials.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 windows-live-essentials.exe by Awimba has been detected as adware by 15 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.
Publisher:
Awimba LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
90dfb110a35bf61bf3766f2f48c69d5b

SHA-1:
82a6c906cb21a0691a50e26b73d1c26f4c79a51a

SHA-256:
c84c4a5f92312fbf74598b7a0b9be80e619f42f7c9299c5ca1980fb0171bb60e

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/16/2024 11:31:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.147.82

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-AF [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3501

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.W
18218

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.37
9.0.1.0108

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AH
8.9756

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.7.7.5

IKARUS anti.virus
APPL
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.11965

Malwarebytes
PUP.OptionalBundleInstaller.A
v2014.04.18.10

McAfee
Artemis!7EA292538C27
5600.7157

Norman
Obfuscated.gen!r
11.20140418

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Awimba.X
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28866

File size:
720.9 KB (738,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows-live-essentials.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Awimba LLC

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/9/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2014 8:00:00 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 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8uudU1f3GHvN/scE8qBjwkH8O0Q8HgukpmrfMdEh5YMxuqxQ4iI+:8ueU1e9scgRwkHKQP7OUuh5lxuqxK5

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:
7.9665

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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