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.thelatestsoft.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e16885b639ca482e96f441fe68dc78d8

SHA-1:
54a818f6c6db0f05bba4726296b22fa545ab01ac

SHA-256:
32926661685fc0f94b7e60b97645166d46a548a3842c39fe83b600edbb100d09

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:
5/13/2024 9:02:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.5.24.21

File size:
448.9 KB (459,696 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 5:59:59 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:
12/9/2013 9:47:37 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:V0PCRT5LgXEhN7th62W4hPpmM7wyxGV6jQ6100nmK1r8iw49cCiK1YNe:fgXEhxth62phxB7wyxGV6Z/4N49cCrwe

Entry address:
0xCD4C

Entry point:
E8, BD, 56, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C8, 22, 42, 00, E8, BA, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 70, 98, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, A8, 58, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, AF, 60, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, C6, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A3, 57, 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, 80, D0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 14, 85, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 0F, 4D, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3968

Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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

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