setup.exe

Tuguu Israel Ltd

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 Israel 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 Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7e4ee342dcc4cfb015a70c17cea5eae8

SHA-1:
2480180b0619a86ad91321c38e0436acbb8b15ec

SHA-256:
926f3c97cf628c55eee6f02820d9ec9eed8ebb24b5ef0b6ad92f1c808a11e659

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software bundles potentially unwanted offers during setup including toolbars and adware.

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:
4/19/2024 8:24:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuIsr.Bundler (M)
16.5.21.20

File size:
468.5 KB (479,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 2:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu Israel Ltd, O=Tuguu Israel Ltd, L=RAMAT GAN, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
06FD356584CBF71B04A7AFE790A2329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2013 3:07:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:qgX4H5EechMFZgCIwCvPaOtUS3kQrICCrxaUr/1YV5+ROMjKBb+JNjyEYK:qchWZgCxCuikQsCCBN+5mO7WjyK

Entry address:
0xD162

Entry point:
E8, C5, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 18, 43, 42, 00, E8, C4, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B0, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B7, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D0, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AB, 64, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 70, F0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 6A, 5C, 00...
 
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Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

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