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chromesetup.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 chromesetup.exe by TUGUU, 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
TUGUU, SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b3044376078e015f66a9ec03f711e3cc

SHA-1:
242afa6c400a5f0a979c0d587ff5d2810b207076

SHA-256:
6bda7df46c3a7236299039c3e929dfaec33882477df65e37238e933eb2468ca8

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:
4/23/2024 10:07:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.2.10.21

File size:
719.9 KB (737,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TUGUU, SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="TUGUU, SL", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="TUGUU, SL", L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1DE894C9D18A7BB0CFA10F699F31A9A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/2014 11:36:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Z+9F2Xxzh7DnGHR/kKVFw7ZjmI+mGCkVYT0RGjyMMC53gq566AOFrCTwTyJJ1ejV:MFYB0kKVFuxmIZ/t

Entry address:
0x4BB9

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.2158

Code size:
105 KB (107,520 bytes)

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