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Browser_Update.exe

tuguu sl

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 Browser_Update.exe by tuguu sl has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.freedownloadsetup.com.
Publisher:
tuguu sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d208dbdca03387b9ca477eec97aba006

SHA-1:
0ecf9a2bef4ad100291a9682fd06f32caaa1f7e9

SHA-256:
8de813991b377ac25d59cfc896a0a8848c18f8c2d29733075302490713dcbaee

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/18/2024 11:54:41 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.928698
1020

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.143.56

avast!
Win32:Installer-U [PUP]
2014.9-140413

AVG
DomaIQ_r.I
2015.0.3505

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18100

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26405
9.0.1.0103

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9672

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-13-04_1

G Data
Win32.Adware.Aquiempi
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11737

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.4021

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomalQ
v2014.04.13.06

McAfee
Artemis!DB79EA7ADB2B
5600.7161

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.928698
15.0.0.330

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.cwclqr
0.28.0.59048

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.13.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.tuguusl.O
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28214

File size:
615.8 KB (630,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
tuguu sl

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/13/2013 10:06:55 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2014 10:06:55 AM

Subject:
CN=tuguu sl, O=tuguu sl, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B632A0CF95E4D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2014 1:12:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OfXWtsf5ccJzUD+LG4bc4jaiDbYWP2mNb9sXD0matGPW3CPsojvY8ii6YP:OfWM5cc5UUc4TxA4aPW3Ckav3iiR

Entry address:
0x46DB

Entry point:
E8, 0D, 3D, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, AC, AE, 42, 00, FF, 15, 6C, C0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 80, 12, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 50, C0, 41, 00, 50, E8, CB, 12, 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, 4D, 12, 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, 30, 0C, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F8...
 
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Entropy:
5.9086

Code size:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

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

http://dlp.freedownloadsetup.com/p/151/Browser_Update/476/.../KmYRfZTt

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