player_setup.exe

Tuguu S.L

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 S.L 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 S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
488b228ee4915292110c62e5c93aa2e1

SHA-1:
1d0050f1422a711ebce3b88767fe7484b219037e

SHA-256:
e930e8ca1e07f4da7d0abaceff953175d947ca7f538a2d79e03e0b0df9b2aa3f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/25/2024 9:13:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuSL.Bundler (M)
16.4.7.15

File size:
382 KB (391,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2013 3:13:51 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2014 3:13:51 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121111958C6091E136AAD058195A273968F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2014 4:39:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bMcaGLqwiO3S9O02uD2ZhrHNmGgs3W6kQMLnnGmHbxdYF+:bwGewiOC9FDKhrRgs3W6kznG08+

Entry address:
0x340B

Entry point:
E8, 62, 51, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B...
 
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Entropy:
6.4130

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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