setup.exe

Tuguu SLU

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 SLU 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 ttb.updateplugins.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ef82cbe273e7f85765be450f44ab6f00

SHA-1:
26d7f9f2bc9cc648e5073d62e0accbf726378f51

SHA-256:
0dde0d4855abcb007d70040eb1b10f0abcd45c9ee48cd01158fbecb19e7b2f4f

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:
4/26/2024 3:35:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSLU.F
14.8.7.21

File size:
459 KB (470,000 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SLU, OU=N/A, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tuguu SLU, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenrife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
552127982028C352ADDA5CA8F6C0BAE7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/18/2013 12:14:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qwcnKfUCftMKd5ng9+nBcA5gMJevXBVWLpC:vf7ft/dlg9+nBcAfeOw

Entry address:
0xD172

Entry point:
E8, C6, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 30, 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, B1, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B8, 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, AC, 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, 7C, F0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 6A, 5C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4246

Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

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

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