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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 google-chrome.exe by TUGUU SL has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:
2d571393add8694f508069ba9b48619e

SHA-1:
1fd5722816e177b235f959167f6b3a6cb15b7eb1

SHA-256:
10e35de341bc1f3cb48fe48e646bcc8bbdead7ec571e39bbb3d9dec354c2f1cf

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ (by InstallX) software bundler that may include toolbars and other browser extensions 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:
4/25/2024 3:37:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.F
755

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.194.18

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-E [PUP]
2014.9-150111

AVG
InstallIQ
2016.0.3233

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.F
1.0.20.55

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Downloader.Agent.WA
20323

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.29
9.0.1.011

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ
9.10855

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/DomaIQ.C
1/11/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-7e3b8ba8
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2015-11-01_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14280

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.2660

Malwarebytes
Adware.DomaIQ
v2015.01.11.01

McAfee
Artemis!2D571393ADD8
5600.6889

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Base64.DomaIQ.cwpnap
0.28.6.63850

Norman
Obfuscated.gen!r
11.20150111

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.01.11.01

Quick Heal
AdWare.DomaIQ.r3 (Not a Virus)
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TUGUUSL.N
15.1.11.0

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.3AK314
7.2.11

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.3AK314
10.465.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.DomaIQ.euy
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
35598

File size:
1.1 MB (1,133,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TUGUU SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 8:02:02 AM

Valid to:
5/3/2013 8:02:02 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:
079402776DB199

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:woFbSzznKfyIed7ni5XZFsZbMhcId3fEe16M9NQv3c5V8urgnfhmYUuaVXvc7+39:BF2bIfS4hcIF4gN8BoYU/q+3yHpz2

Entry address:
0x30DE

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 27, 7A, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, A4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 68, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9856

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file google-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.v2.domaiq.com/d/109/google-chrome/.../290

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