player_setup.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 player_setup.exe by TUGUU SL has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpcloudbox31.com.
Publisher:
TUGUU SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9e3fdf6ef184b4e74c3d65939c8019fa

SHA-1:
284513abd4b3b1595b1f03728031f5b8f96fff71

SHA-256:
d53d5ccecc3c5bf32e76220b7cc81741fdcdb38d8cbef343d78da33f57138095

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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 6:02:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
1017

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.145.10

avast!
Win32:Installer-AJ [PUP]
2014.9-140423

AVG
DomaIQ_r.J
2015.0.3495

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
1.0.20.565

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18157

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2532
9.0.1.0113

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
8.14.04.23.08

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ (variant)
8.9714

F-Secure
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
11.2014-23-04_4

G Data
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11861

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.3971

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.04.23.08

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2r
5600.7151

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
15.0.0.339

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.DomaIQ.AM
14.04.23.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.23.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.M
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Lollipop
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28550

File size:
596.5 KB (610,864 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:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2013 1:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 1:24:02 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:
2776B257979F9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2014 4:33:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:O7xoLQLROU9VU+Fm5Vl/byM8aQg0UrOjmpit1wKX0eCuZjJSFOqbYrZ:YxoOROUaV0Uqjm4lXpJZjJiOqwZ

Entry address:
0x2C42

Entry point:
E8, 1E, 2E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 48, 02, 42, 00, E8, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, D8, 6F, 42, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 20, 30, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 43, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 64, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, F4, 2E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 4C, 6A, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, D0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, DB, 0A, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9338

Code size:
109.5 KB (112,128 bytes)

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

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