Player Setup.exe

Tuguu Israel Ltd

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 Player Setup.exe by Tuguu Israel has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Tuguu Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
295f0819d98c0c04bf6daadf694a6c24

SHA-1:
6983d86509007f5d9a7857c5bd1d72005bb36eae

SHA-256:
52fb03fef7434a73fb822e51b5634f22a6e10abde2212e28fcc17620096372e5

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software bundles potentially unwanted offers during setup including toolbars and adware.

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:
4/25/2024 4:07:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.142.186

AVG
DomaIQ_r.H
2015.0.3508

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18084

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ (variant)
8.9665

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11721

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.4033

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.04.11.08

McAfee
Artemis!564F55A8164A
5600.7164

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.11.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuIsrael.M
14.8.7.22

Sophos
Generic PUA IP
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28194

File size:
431.9 KB (442,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu Israel Ltd, O=Tuguu Israel Ltd, L=RAMAT GAN, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
06FD356584CBF71B04A7AFE790A2329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/9/2014 12:31:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:GLkL+jocfjGNouUGCDPJolfCf/EO0ksQyXYf4+UYPskubZmYaQOYL:GwL+ccfjTuUGCDholyb0YHUnX

Entry address:
0x2315

Entry point:
E8, 53, 24, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DD, 09, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, 3B, 25, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, E8, C9, 41, 00, E8, B7, 24, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B8, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, 1E, 26, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, E8, 78, 24, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.6541

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

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