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installer_for_vafplayer.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 installer_for_vafplayer.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.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e0a2339008125eb14d258ee0267a3f2f

SHA-1:
28e099cb2122f1ae6a24807cb34e9e9def6e07c9

SHA-256:
ddb4fff75b51df26926f6ca01c5cfd09901a914f22b4b3e1ad9615187d9a1125

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:25:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.1.26.0

File size:
394.2 KB (403,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tuguu SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/7/2011 5:45:54 AM

Valid to:
10/7/2012 5:45:54 AM

Subject:
E=contact@tuguu.com, CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, L=Adeje, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112132AB67D770806FD7A7A513E9F81969E8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ystyN90vESp8fxEhzI4AhInvNhhXUBeFvKQQOQM3Ym37bq84VvG:jy90MfxEh1AhEVzfpvNYmrbH4VvG

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:
7.8894

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download.domaiq.com/download.php?cat=3&group=146&app=VAFPlayer&aff=19&promo=135

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