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 26 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c3ab6b1ee56fe4dc9d26dda64a718173

SHA-1:
d1d2d12face74b2a859aee9824cc204c6117db94

SHA-256:
d9ab972ffe54856b3c841aac38b9a9aeb6709d0f884baa2d618b9df2068946d7

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/26/2024 2:35:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.A
1013

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Lollipop
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
14.04.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.A.10
7.11.145.130

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-T [PUP]
2014.9-140428

AVG
DomaIQ
2015.0.3491

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.A
1.0.20.590

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18179

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2479
9.0.1.0118

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9729

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-28-04_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11896

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.3949

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomalQ
v2014.04.28.05

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ!C3AB6B1EE56F
5600.7147

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.A
15.0.0.354

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Lolipop.cwcqls
0.28.0.59492

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.28.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.M
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/DomainIQ.fZRCHNC
37.0.10904

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Lollipop
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28650

File size:
432 KB (442,360 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 10:24:02 AM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 10:24:02 AM

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:
4/2/2014 9:05:48 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:O/pLaPZZc6XKADMZ/Mnoo0wToPdL8o/FBohRYSP/6JADD8by0caQifYm:2pA/cgwZ/Moo0wTYoDLSADKZ

Entry address:
0x26F0

Entry point:
E8, 23, 2E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 40, F2, 41, 00, E8, 06, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, D8, 5F, 42, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 25, 30, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 48, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 69, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, F9, 2E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 4C, 5A, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, C0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, DD, 0A, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6526

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

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