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 17 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:
b83aef0ce4d36d801cb13919987eaba6

SHA-1:
823ead0b55962b644fed76c1ba7c6c2312423729

SHA-256:
78c588c39e1c7115354a2008b303eed611436401619380e3f2d5eb32a3024265

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
5/4/2024 3:58:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.140.8

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-BM [PUP]
2014.9-140328

AVG
DomaIQ
2015.0.3521

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18008

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.43
9.0.1.087

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9609

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.2.2.29

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.4101

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.03.28.06

McAfee
Artemis!B795E14DCB8B
5600.7177

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.03.28.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.M
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.DomaIQ!6.15EA
23.00.65.14326

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
27804

File size:
391 KB (400,376 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:

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:
3/8/2014 5:36:42 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1Gyw99vtxI7XzzQoRXdla8To8maHHko/9FsHbtR28mIVYaV:T4vt6bXQoRXdlHToQnl9OH2NIjV

Entry address:
0x30FD

Entry point:
E8, B2, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3...
 
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Entropy:
6.2784

Code size:
55 KB (56,320 bytes)

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