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 12 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:
6c010d11c10fc026855efc16880787a2

SHA-1:
691df6299e76380287c65f6d55e13c05c886172c

SHA-256:
a1f9d26bba8c3c1f5d9dc320c71b71efcd1c4245b463e497801c5d557c0af590

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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:
4/23/2024 5:14:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-151005

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.28
9.0.1.0278

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
8.15.10.05.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.R potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.10.5.10

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14057

Malwarebytes
PUP.Adware.Domalq
v2015.10.05.10

McAfee
Artemis!EB689FB1A8FD
5600.6622

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
16.0.0.834

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Lollipop.530360
14.11.18.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
15.8.19.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
34232

File size:
517.9 KB (530,368 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:
5/13/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/18/2014 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L., OU=U B76539535, O=Tuguu S.L., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
08EC69B75B2FE31EC2C53E0E441AC0E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:euoEjlj6rHTNlf6O2dHfd1ngE9o9mUcqQx:ejExerRVTm1gJO

Entry address:
0x323C

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, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9550

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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