winrar.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 winrar.exe by Awimba has been detected as adware by 21 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Awimba LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
71aeb0b215c3798367e91db92fe507e8

SHA-1:
db52a0826c117b80edcbcebce4dc9e857364dba0

SHA-256:
ec0f531524f338ce953513789a2688b2c7dff9654e86eb5987b76817e41f223f

Scanner detections:
21 / 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 8:52:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.131.120

avast!
NSIS:DomaIQ-C [PUP]
2014.9-140504

AVG
Agent.L
2015.0.3484

Bkav FE
W32.Clod6f2.Trojan
1.3.0.4924

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.T
17782

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.37
9.0.1.0124

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ
8.9421

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/DomaIQ
5/4/2014

G Data
NSIS.Application.DomaIQ
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.175.11164

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3916

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.05.04.09

McAfee
Artemis!71AEB0B215C3
5600.7140

Norman
Obfuscated.gen!r
11.20140504

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Awimba.G
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.15238F1C!354651932
23.00.65.14502

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.97

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.DomaIQ
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
26448

File size:
347.9 KB (356,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/9/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2014 6:00:00 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 3:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SseuA4D0sQ2h9XSZmb6Iv31HeJ6zfSzLqcD7ZGIhG/AqrHT2AkHOS9sxi:UuA4k27CSz3cJdzL77ZGdDyZr9D

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:
7.9163

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

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