picasa.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 picasa.exe by TUGUU SL has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer.
Publisher:
TUGUU SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
65370b11f2daca5a8c895464e529d382

SHA-1:
eccfa8fca10530ac188f12433dcfd818c564e488

SHA-256:
8a95fd910ca1e719afb2a68d72a6969824e6135172fc0d3af2ad91641e8a3c53

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
5/2/2024 4:55:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.149.40

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-AI [PUP]
2014.9-140512

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Downloader.Agent.WA
18261

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.29
9.0.1.0132

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ
8.9789

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DomaIQ.C!tr
5/12/2014

G Data
NSIS.Application.DomalQ
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
APPL
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.12041

Malwarebytes
Adware.DomaIQ
v2014.05.12.01

McAfee
Artemis!961780AC0032
5600.7132

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Base64.DomaIQ.cwpnap
0.28.0.59826

nProtect
Adware.Agent.NPO
14.05.11.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.12.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TUGUUSL.G
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallIQ!1.9E4F
23.00.65.14510

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.43A281A2
7.2.132

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.43A281A2
10.465.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
TScope.Trojan.MSIL
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
29128

File size:
1.1 MB (1,135,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 5:02:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2013 5:02:02 PM

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 11:50:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zFwfYnnxyo195tnarEcQ07/sNGV4Xo4L3D0qswo3yHpzY:KYr7gEC7kAeXo+xsMhY

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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