setup.exe

Tuguu S.L.

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 S.L 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.getmplayer.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
08eddc34eaaed6b6f5e7e491acc89fc9

SHA-1:
1b1060a166b33b5765027f1d166438bed49c1f9e

SHA-256:
6566cc4215ed0d7e16f5013d8384465bc71ffeebbbddc4c771b96ed6acaf2880

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 1:16:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.1.15.4

File size:
707.9 KB (724,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/17/2014 1:54:13 PM

Valid to:
3/17/2015 1:54:13 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L., O=Tuguu S.L., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
04084650990A90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/19/2014 6:12:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:OwViywwhjl3a+atygEb1j8ThKQAILQAIX4G:ViywKR0FEZQFKVILVIX4G

Entry address:
0x4085

Entry point:
E8, A0, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 36, 1B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 20, 72, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, BF, 38, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 3C, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, C4, 3D, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 0B, 3D, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 25, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 09, E8, A6, 3D, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, E0, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 89, 02, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, D0, 89, 42, 00, 8B, C6...
 
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Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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

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