setup.exe

Tuguu S.L

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 S.L has been detected as adware by 8 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 S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
baaed5f6d9a79bf3462e654a16f08963

SHA-1:
68acd18018eb807985b047ccd60ea63f27b234a5

SHA-256:
ba9f4b8ac0b52ea8f6eaf7369a6418c26d74a365ba05b00f7fd78d1c75a0756b

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/27/2024 4:04:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.140.224

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18038

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9629

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.4075

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.04.02.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSL.F
14.4.2.21

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
27966

File size:
431.5 KB (441,832 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:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2013 10:13:51 AM

Valid to:
12/4/2014 10:13:51 AM

Subject:
E=victor.camacho@tuguu.com, CN=Tuguu S.L, O=Tuguu S.L, L=Adeje, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121111958C6091E136AAD058195A273968F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/2/2014 12:05:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OcpLaPZZc6XKADMZ/Mnoo0wToPdL8o/FBohRYSP/6JADD8by0caQiZYD:JpA/cgwZ/Moo0wTYoDLSADKm

Entry address:
0x26F0

Entry point:
E8, 23, 2E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 40, F2, 41, 00, E8, 06, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, D8, 5F, 42, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 25, 30, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 48, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 69, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, F9, 2E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 4C, 5A, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, C0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, DD, 0A, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6516

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

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