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 setup.exe by TUGUU SL has been detected as adware by 30 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:
5b56c25014446a4a9ab1a6c81e5e7969

SHA-1:
06a438d9f712615c358988c54fedcef4298f79db

SHA-256:
27ef19e90a1deb4e55834249590fccffb303390c8788770724cfd5b34461b445

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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 9:24:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11174866
863

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.164.30

avast!
DomaIQ-T [PUP]
2014.9-140924

AVG
DomalQ
2015.0.3341

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
1.0.20.1335

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
19611

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.29
9.0.1.0267

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11174866
8.14.09.24.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.L potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-24-09_4

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11174866
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.181.12846

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3201

Malwarebytes
Adware.DomaIQ
v2014.09.24.08

McAfee
Artemis!9F25A395A412
5600.6997

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11174866
15.0.0.801

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.dbyfhl
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Obfuscated.gen!r
11.20140924

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.11174866
14.07.25.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.09.24.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.F
14.9.24.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16A78F86!380080006
23.00.65.14922

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.DomalIQ/Variant
10339

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.39160
2.0.0.1930

File size:
423 KB (433,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2013 6:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 6:24:02 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:
12/5/2009 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ouosI2vO1VozTGJY++F0nUEqK1tpsiVENnbpEH:ojs9gVq9++F0NLpUbpE

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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Entropy:
7.9406

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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