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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Tuguu Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e6ca0a638bc364d078e5e45978ff6a5d

SHA-1:
51376ab384b7b861e5f3edb6e96696095609688a

SHA-256:
80ad4f2aa5e1314ff6f0eb2fc9dccdabf578cae6a4dded0f55cecf7f3784d38c

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/18/2024 12:07:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.655825
999

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
14.05.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen2
7.11.148.238

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3477

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.Generic.655825
1.0.20.655

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.D
18256

Dr.Web
Trojan.PayInt.9
9.0.1.0131

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.655825
8.14.05.11.04

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ (variant)
8.9786

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.B.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-11-05_1

G Data
Dropped:Adware.Generic.655825
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12041

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.3882

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.05.11.04

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ!E6CA0A638BC3
5600.7133

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.Generic.655825
15.0.0.393

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PayInt.cscjoi
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.470064
14.05.11.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.11.04

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
5.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuIsrael.F
14.8.7.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.DomaIQ!1.9EEB
23.00.65.14509

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
29098

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Lollipop.Win32.118
2.0.0.1785

File size:
459 KB (470,064 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:
6/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 8:00:00 AM

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:
12/27/2013 7:55:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:4RnMgvVPOf0ZRfGM65Tzh3WEg8YSqcf2h3gLUawo1XeiWMmbAgUjYdI:gOfsRfV65fg8pfORawo05JUKI

Entry address:
0xD182

Entry point:
E8, C4, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, 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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Entropy:
7.4214

Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

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