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.lpcloudbox328.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
695307f52ea382d6e30848c62ae5acdf

SHA-1:
3577919062b402ed1ad665176b2ced49be271f71

SHA-256:
0b57e7d83b6979fc92b6cdd8655af51e89de66b07cda2f3d3b80206fb4177c64

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:
4/24/2024 9:33:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.2.4.4

File size:
598.9 KB (613,240 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 11:54:13 AM

Valid to:
3/17/2015 11:54:13 AM

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:
5/7/2014 3:26:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rrWMz79oSQAn1tEIEnB4GOHc9Zv6JD0riC94jWe11Ev4Fi2iwQjSQ3Vf:raMFHn1tEITo+CYX9FgjSQ3t

Entry address:
0x4095

Entry point:
E8, 10, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, A5, 0F, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 20, 72, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 2F, 38, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 4C, 8E, 42, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 28, 72, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5867

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

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