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setup.exe

TUGUU SL

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 SL 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.cloudsvr314.com.
Publisher:
TUGUU SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e46086daeaedab0e5f95a11645069f9f

SHA-1:
38cdc5ce0950a20eb33f3ee869f12a332b276c0a

SHA-256:
c21e1a9109391a7d5c10c9818b6a01acb8f487fb283f606f2cee6f1a72745195

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:
4/23/2024 5:13:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.6.30.15

File size:
550.4 KB (563,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TUGUU SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2013 7:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 7:24:02 PM

Subject:
CN=TUGUU SL, O=TUGUU SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2776B257979F9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2014 11:10:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OsWPjZjMU4p+P2DSZ21TbYFfzEp8gw28WV2Gd4+Sn6U8QHYrT12Ykm:ONtjMU3Wa65bwWjAiQHAT1am

Entry address:
0x3C66

Entry point:
E8, 37, 2C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, BC, 74, 41, 00, FF, 15, 6C, B0, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 4B, 0C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 50, B0, 40, 00, 50, E8, 50, 0C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 88, 71, 41, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA...
 
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Code size:
40 KB (40,960 bytes)

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

http://dlp.cloudsvr314.com/72d08EapmupaxHbJ7IQYW-zPaj58fk2fsJzdgOD8_Dfa1z0vvD2kk2-_D_1GwaKU95OsO9eyKpOg_6rk-4DWUet1iLM-k8Jot-qJ6DOR9EyUIkp1t0d5GqqtPzAmabSE

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