avast.exe

Tuguu S.L.

The Tuguu download and install manager uses the DomalIQ installer to bundle additional adware offers such as toolbars and browser extensions during the setup process. This software distributes modified installers which are not the same as the original distributed by the author. The application avast.exe by Tuguu S.L 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e6687fbe5a50999ae17e77d7a195484d

SHA-1:
3a7aa8cce2ef66754e58155094ad28f14c09d96f

SHA-256:
f9edbd9860e9ebb19017103a7d6a3f1130fda15c7a8303df9f15e6562b4c6d42

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles third-party components such as adware in the installer.

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:
4/24/2024 6:26:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.2.11.22

File size:
708.1 KB (725,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2013 9:56:54 AM

Valid to:
12/9/2014 9:56:54 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L., O=Tuguu S.L., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B49CE87BAE8BE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/19/2014 5:12:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:UwViywwhjl3a+atygEb1j8ThKQAILQAIX4F:biywKR0FEZQFKVILVIX4F

Entry address:
0x4085

Entry point:
E8, A0, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 36, 1B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 20, 72, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, BF, 38, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 3C, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, C4, 3D, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 0B, 3D, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 25, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 09, E8, A6, 3D, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, E0, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 89, 02, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, D0, 89, 42, 00, 8B, C6...
 
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Entropy:
6.9727

Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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