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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f6b47e747f3b686a03e01dd66876675

SHA-1:
2e5078b49cb02c7ab3e4987c2ba891863db88c0b

SHA-256:
e8629b880de5f703c43ec37c00dc04348041aa65474111c092924cc8a992d354

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/16/2024 2:37:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.12
957

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.23

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-CS [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Adware Generic_r.NH
2014.0.3972

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.12
1.0.20.865

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.XFR
18630

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BI potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-06_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.12
14.6.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12484

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3672

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.06.22.01

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ
5600.7091

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.12
15.0.0.519

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Generic.dbebaf
0.28.0.60253

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.06.22.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSL.M
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047H07FH14
7.2.173

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Lollipop.Win32.190
2.0.0.1833

File size:
283.4 KB (290,176 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:
3/17/2014 5:54:13 PM

Valid to:
3/17/2015 5:54:13 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L., O=Tuguu S.L., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
04084650990A90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2014 12:17:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5wR5za+HqlckLlSNb8uBaKxW6cG+GF6nTg2YR:CR5zaoMckLMNGKxW6L+GFwTgD

Entry address:
0x609F

Entry point:
B8, 6C, EE, 4C, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 65, 73, 6F, 6E, 6F, 73, 65, 6C, 6F, 63, 00, C2, 57, 8B, F3, 00, DE, 5C, 15, 60, 5E, 16, BC, C1, D7, 51, 99, 02, DC, C9, FD, 80, B5, BB, A0, 31, 5E, 9C, B6, 03, 10, C2, A4, 38, D3, 1A, E9, 04, 36, 7D, 4F, A9, 99, B3, 7C, 7B, 2D, 2C, 1C, 69, 40, C9, AE, A7, 85, FD, 1A, FB, 0F, A2, E8, 59, 7E, C5, 23, 49, EB, 74, 3B, A3, C5, 20, 2C, E0, CD, 4C, E7, 5B, 7F, AD, A3, 13, B3, BB, FF, 3E, 54, CD, E5, AD, 20, 38, B8, 72...
 
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Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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