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 30 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 sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a0026891f41393cbbd84c02389930039

SHA-1:
5ba241f52552aa3dcdd186a3791d55bd530fb10b

SHA-256:
77c05dde1eb92535598d0b74799ca446af6f3c9aece40afe139c82ba9bef6d12

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/25/2024 12:13:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
888

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.170.42

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic_r.IA
2014.0.4015

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
1.0.20.1210

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Domaiq-18
0.98/19316

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.D
19365

Dr.Web
Trojan.PayInt.27
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AV potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Backdoor2.HTIW
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-30-08_7

G Data
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Tuguu
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13218

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DomaIQ
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.08.30.03

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ
5600.7022

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
15.0.0.726

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.csmcgi
0.28.2.61861

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.DomaIQ.459216
14.08.29.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.08.30.03

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
8.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.tuguusl.F
14.8.30.12

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.43
2.0.0.1906

File size:
448.5 KB (459,216 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:
6/13/2013 9:06:55 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2014 9:06:55 AM

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:
2B632A0CF95E4D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2014 10:46:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MOeTIfnjAEkxJPNeaL9uRqQb3fgnFwFGLgJ2k0SyCKF1pYax6uYj+LJY4iW:jAEOJPNeapQrgjLgJoSyCuDYax6hjWiW

Entry address:
0xCCE2

Entry point:
E8, 94, 5E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 22, 42, 00, E8, C4, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, 88, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 7F, 60, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 86, 68, 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, 7A, 5F, 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, D0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, 85, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 3A, 57, 00...
 
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Code size:
110.5 KB (113,152 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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