malwarebytes.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 malwarebytes.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:
cc0d3735abb4f5174c207b36bf30e2d1

SHA-1:
5ce4f87a2ea0a3a4603dc3961b2301b72279196b

SHA-256:
a355090262868fd9ddcabd7faa8c35447b30972570c6f865f0a2ad37b372962f

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:
5/10/2024 5:14:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
17.3.11.17

File size:
363.5 KB (372,232 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 3:59:59 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:
2/19/2014 8:20:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x377B

Entry point:
E8, 1B, 56, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 56, 57, 85, D2, 74, 07, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 13, E8, 9B, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 3F, 42, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 33, 8B, 45, 10, 85, C0, 75, 04, 88, 02, EB, E2, 8B, F2, 2B, F0, 8A, 08, 88, 0C, 06, 40, 84, C9, 74, 03, 4F, 75, F3, 85, FF, 75, 11, C6, 02, 00, E8, 65, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, C6, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, CC, 63, 41, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3845

Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

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