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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:
0bc0527f77cb44c12ed37968d6a54a9e

SHA-1:
557f7b663a2ca48fc916877cb1c2c1078f38215a

SHA-256:
4dcfdd7576d5854ebf8f1e660e2851bf1232d1c6f1ed72fe56a8f3154952287e

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:
4/26/2024 6:36:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
17.3.15.5

File size:
449.4 KB (460,176 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:
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:
11/21/2013 10:11:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xD526

Entry point:
E8, 8F, 59, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, 34, 42, 00, E8, F0, 22, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 70, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 7D, 5B, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 84, 63, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, FC, 22, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 78, 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, 41, 51, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3896

Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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

http://ttb.latestplayerplugin.com/download/request/.../79sSAJQ4?dp=LqOPtmbfswtzswvF-uainaFobGfa_F8avbac-VF_JEbaAd02snIEEt1O1pnnnigndG6jTritqnbYjPJ6zq0aQhaaq9tj0uKMHmaOigaaJaZglxB4Q5SlRsjDTQyF1Ha16kD1x8zqlFsKJ_-ycwFlPPW01SYGHqndv9yLvWiOUfvB3O1q5j9e-UKeEljeZ72yivTGsJCSuIcOgIQHnXgrJSiMLP0n3N1qstUPOJENm5OrUi3ann0v7I1CP24Tq22R_U4bNJvWooA0ed25agmCmcUSeJSg0zFVkBI8vW5bklu8sUvqABlCDFVW5X9X6cH1se5dnm1uyWMyHv0Hd_A1i38L-yg6ckNO7EZKgMOzYZPfDQykdtlH8k4SlOIZQOo_I_K7NIHceiQ-8Pq&VURLID=7360

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