player.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.exe by Tuguu Israel 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 Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1f4e14eb615f088403b4e8e19c460107

SHA-1:
757fe08b5b489d1cd5ce447b67b81e8977f56bfd

SHA-256:
47aa0da04ba587f38e1b572abba092b2b9d6e2015f6886e6e476f6c3eab49e5b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:58:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TuguuIsrael.G
14.8.7.22

File size:
464 KB (475,184 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/12/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 3:00:00 PM

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:
1/8/2014 10:11:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2AEOJHNeaGZTfk8tc5yw6VECXnDrdqNbv0:dY6yVXDOv0

Entry address:
0xCCE2

Entry point:
E8, 94, 5E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 22, 42, 00, E8, C4, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, 88, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 7F, 60, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 86, 68, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D0, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 7A, 5F, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 70, D0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, 85, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 3A, 57, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3793

Code size:
110.5 KB (113,152 bytes)

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