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 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
TUGUU SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1b9195f8dce0b3f39db61652d76e6ebc

SHA-1:
5fb1fc436b388323c0c3cc3680650e07af1117e4

SHA-256:
20bb1999c6e2783d8f8dc42c5edc153bdeccdc2f1e661146958550caa389a6a2

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:27:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
996

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.05.15

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.149.178

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140515

AVG
DomaIQ_r.I
2015.0.3474

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41510
1.0.20.675

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18274

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41510
8.14.05.15.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9801

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41510
11.2014-15-05_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41510
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12080

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3864

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.05.15.06

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!b2b
5600.7130

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41510
15.0.0.405

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.cwclcv
0.28.0.59826

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.15.06

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
5.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.F
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/DomainIQ.WRCOME
37.0.10937

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
29222

File size:
384 KB (393,216 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:
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:
4/1/2014 11:43:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:dYhA8/eZDYI2w+8RGQJ5pfyQleyteqo44TL3dVl5Cbr22ouqbYALYOd:dA/eZr2w+8BJ50Q0BbDNVl5Qrc5d

Entry address:
0x3B36

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, 6C, 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, 69, 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:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

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