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:
28b8b3ea95c19f3a11ccbc733211db82

SHA-1:
9382020d02cfb34dea738622fba51e77cb6f9c44

SHA-256:
c61ec365614d6f650dc057e11072fc73ff652ef77b20c64ae53dac6916ea713e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/19/2024 12:32:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.6.28.11

File size:
322 KB (329,736 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 12:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 12:24:02 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:
2/14/2014 8:48:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:UcF8HV21DF6BFDTEkBL7CPpkp3dAT9Czeceb8beYBt:BqHV2sEcXwkp+9C3t

Entry address:
0x1749

Entry point:
E8, F1, 17, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, C0, C1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, BC, C1, 40, 00, 89, 15, B8, C1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, B4, C1, 40, 00, 89, 35, B0, C1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, AC, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, D8, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, CC, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, A8, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, A4, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, A0, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 9C, C1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, D0, C1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, C4, C1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, C8, C1, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, D4, C1, 40...
 
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Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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