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 28 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
71967a4f7291ccdd13efc54d451d6153

SHA-1:
40a7ab89d827fb749eea7cb4dc464c038e6f0931

SHA-256:
bbf1d6caa06ce5ae55d4c19cd58d21b0808e9bbe6c83cc0e376c94f028aaf69b

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/23/2024 7:48:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
836

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2014.10.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.180.122

avast!
Installer-AE [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Adware AdLoad.B
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
1.0.20.1475

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.R
19871

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24553
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
14.10.22

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-22-10_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3064

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.22.05

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2i
5600.6970

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
15.0.0.885

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DomaIQ.dcjnvf
0.28.2.62841

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSL.M
14.10.22.4

Sophos
Generic PUA JK
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.DomaIQ/Variant
10285

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.849BFD70
7.2.295

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Lollipop.Win32.122
2.0.0.1962

File size:
176.9 KB (181,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/19/2014 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES, PostalCode=38670, STREET=Calle Bentinerfe (Pol Industrial De La Atala) 35, SERIALNUMBER=B76539535, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=ES, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0C6B6125B506B75A743332123041C893

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:coPyys5jXJeqI5EDD8/Wo9mo6dACI2/RTK5uVzyDGaEmxKGOKKwc8Yu:czfuPbsx6CHpTjVzCxlk6KgYu

Entry address:
0x323F

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7117

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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