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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 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
38bb453a7f43316e2c4bb45901b0a24c

SHA-1:
453b9399595c622556a167e352add9e04a835606

SHA-256:
f29fb18d2da40464a3ce82dd93b16c542e7f0e8b5763f87846f683a9d40c891e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 12:12:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.24.23

File size:
450.4 KB (461,184 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:
TUGUU SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2013 2:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 2:24:02 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:
11/27/2013 4:37:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:dOoM2iSrUT2nTNtY/ccGKwp2sCaAWWaoRk/9tkTgK4syconxxmimx0KYo:YmnTNtY/nwp27Jz4mBZonqv

Entry address:
0xD74B

Entry point:
E8, 99, 59, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 90, 35, 42, 00, E8, EB, 22, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 70, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 84, 5B, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 8B, 63, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, F7, 22, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 7F, 5A, 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, A8, E0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, 95, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 4B, 51, 00...
 
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Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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

http://ttb.latestplayerplugin.com/download/request/.../LcEBwoVr?dp=LqOPtmbfswtzEwCp2Aa4naFqbGfa_F8avbac-VF_J-baAd22OgtMttr1r5Q-OEt9AibatT6rnipvTjugh1sTObaz6bGMAAPbAQpfAutyPjAOigg0qJo0MxWzzDTfMiS-g6hwvhbkqOzoz9lD-1uAs0FkyzL-bpDXu5XssacsIqfz3MeIPafiTnZFUkg-5EwBrXff_n5ThC1tjksWqEinbPC8rZOgX9QpGyu0e0zd0sqizSghp8ddgqIUfG1AGImbKcM_uvoW1nAhLXnN6v0QmkADauIHrt3wuBvb-VQxftfpWty4OExq9PLOn3ftEc6DOlwsS-jBqmmxWWZolkMqPngaGRqRUswXk0vI6Me-eumbkiH2W2psZrWXMQLukWqb6hwQk6zGX1wbS1bKZKl-sUCkekXHJ73waa&VURLID=6644

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