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 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 S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
924d03937a4be9aa35d6d7edf7742b16

SHA-1:
82643a87e57883b8c05aa86562944ef5b6f91e96

SHA-256:
bd68bd4590973e274ac956d99e845a554478369f53abfa761c8790a06e64f51d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 10:21:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuSL.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.7

File size:
182 KB (186,368 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:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2013 1:13:51 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2014 1:13:51 PM

Subject:
E=victor.camacho@tuguu.com, CN=Tuguu S.L, O=Tuguu S.L, L=Adeje, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121111958C6091E136AAD058195A273968F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2014 6:02:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:4vstUKlvJ2+usOKDUcJaCcBBoKxiAga+4WvNc+xiz8TnYvclg6JFa9EGyLQEXmsO:40tU7bsJ6RBoL4T18bPlLJFbLQI1L0Yi

Entry address:
0x3B7E

Entry point:
B8, 4C, 25, 47, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, E0, 82, 38, 0C, 62, 3C, 4D, 3D, E3, 3C, 5E, 97, 42, 73, AD, CC, CB, 05, E2, 2D, 5A, 9C, 64, CE, 0B, 5E, A4, 28, AD, F9, 0F, 49, E7, FF, F0, 0B, 05, FE, BB, 64, 50, 8C, D3, 48, C9, 1E, 1D, 65, 0F, C5, 52, 8E, A7, 3E, 6F, 6B, 2A, B5, 69, 91, 27, 0E, C5, 82, D3, AD, 56, 54, DA, F6, D9, 13, 32, 2A, DF, 44, BC, 56, 30, ED, 22, 85, F3, 44, 38, F9, B4, 10, 81, 60, 7A, EF, C4...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
112.5 KB (115,200 bytes)

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