setup.exe

Tuguu S.L.U.

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.U 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 S.L.U.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bf6252900feccc1770d38e8b7ed00e32

SHA-1:
2fff3ed03dac97df859100550a5868a68c203272

SHA-256:
8e3dbfa4088f9623b087077026e17c8f5dc6c7fc7e7a35bf0439a8432a8ab100

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles third-party components such as adware in the installer.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:57:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.23

File size:
458.9 KB (469,960 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:
8/27/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/27/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L.U., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tuguu S.L.U., L=Adeje, S=SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 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:
21FCDE5EAE401DF690786A73C48E74F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2013 11:04:00 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gC3mBEAvQ7OuJ/r/F5c6k8J5Cj+4V5hU5uB:OBEAICuRr/F5Er5hUu

Entry address:
0xD182

Entry point:
E8, C4, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 28, 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, AF, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B6, 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, AA, 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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