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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:
b690dd8046a646f7cc45238be951ffd9

SHA-1:
a3e177e44581749f60db27965a0b6320b836da5b

SHA-256:
0a8efff01048aa2b41c868be124f6363f2be6c013ceff36424e4e8150b21af34

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:
5/9/2024 3:40:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.30.12

File size:
925.4 KB (947,584 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:
Tuguu SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/20/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/21/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, STREET=Avd Barranco de las Torres N10 Oficina 4A, L=Adeje, S=S/C de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F1F4478174C3E164CE93F4AB63CBA287

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9j3Lqz8D31CF4Cb9dklrbOuBMS0k0n3p+KG0lMYrN:9f5DCHsFpBk+P0lMm

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file player_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://s.m2pub.com/event/click/0/CiQ2OTU5YTk4My00YzJlLTRiZTMtYjNjZS03OTYyZWM5MTY5MWMiCDEyMDE0MjQ2KggxMjAwMjEwOTIIMTE4NDcwOTQ6Bm1hdG9teUIIMTE3MzAwNDhKCDExNzA4MTEzUgJERVoCMDZiCDEyMDEyMTM3agZDaHJvbWWQAQGYAQGoAQCyASA2ZGYxY2UwNmUzZTUxMWUyYTI2MTEyMzEzZDJkNTliZsIBDHZpZHN0cmVhbS5pbsgBAdABAd0BAAAAAOUBAAAAAO0BAAAAAPABAfgBAYICCWMxMTkzOTAwOIgCAJACAJgCAKACAKoCAA==/.../

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