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:
f04d8f43e20a551eacf7c3c3a2894499

SHA-1:
e61ed0ee3ddca7e0a8d93d2e6aaf61de05a9f503

SHA-256:
64258d3132c37ad79620ab326836893f3d638606889e63ce73df75dce83a94d2

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:
4/20/2024 1:30:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.28.9

File size:
176.9 KB (181,136 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:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/19/2014 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES, PostalCode=38670, STREET=Calle Bentinerfe (Pol Industrial De La Atala) 35, SERIALNUMBER=B76539535, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=ES, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0C6B6125B506B75A743332123041C893

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:8oPyys5jXJ6qICRNptAPu3W7RI8YBZmSFeffNai8MtdcNo8YMa:8zfNRQQ4VYBZY8Mt2o8YMa

Entry address:
0x323F

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, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7104

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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