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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
TUGUU SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5ce03333d4ea60c94b0074fe8c7ee5df

SHA-1:
65220374d42378d95fadc0cc44a3f6c1f5fee8d5

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/25/2024 4:31:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
1005

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
14.05.05

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.147.170

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140505

AVG
Skodna.Bundle_r.Y
2015.0.3483

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
1.0.20.625

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.URT
18222

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader9.21779
9.0.1.0125

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AZ (variant)
8.9760

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.D.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-05-05_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11984

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3912

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.05.05.03

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ!87EAB94F6E66
5600.7139

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
15.0.0.375

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DomaIQ.ctadmg
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.05.03

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
5.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.M
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28896

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.132
2.0.0.1779

File size:
313 KB (320,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\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:
2/6/2014 7:50:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/V24jwnTGLyoE2fsAu6i6xgB1A/QXoCPk96zmfYM:/V2mwnTyyoE2fsz6xgBu1Cm

Entry address:
0x1573

Entry point:
E8, BF, 26, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, D8, CF, 40, 00, 89, 0D, D4, CF, 40, 00, 89, 15, D0, CF, 40, 00, 89, 1D, CC, CF, 40, 00, 89, 35, C8, CF, 40, 00, 89, 3D, C4, CF, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, F0, CF, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, E4, CF, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, C0, CF, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, BC, CF, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, B8, CF, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, B4, CF, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, E8, CF, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, DC, CF, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, E0, CF, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, EC, CF, 40...
 
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Entropy:
5.8892

Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

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