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 36 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:
8d2b8f73f2578223d100e29d56441bcd

SHA-1:
6ef920aea1cb62a44b9217034a073c25dd887cb5

SHA-256:
0b801b1e798701e5a03bc7f3595c11bc568c322c6fda4431bb2407b508e6357e

Scanner detections:
36 / 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:
4/27/2024 12:02:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.P
6416941

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.02.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.209.48

avast!
DomaIQ-CC [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Adware DomaIQ_r.G
2014.0.4253

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.P
1.0.20.205

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Domaiq-116
0.98/20051

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUR
21028

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2259
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/DomaIQ
2/10/2015

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

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.194.14921

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.02.10.10

McAfee
Program.CryptDomaIQ
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.191.4502.0

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.P
16.0.0.123

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dmgowp
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.P
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.395480.B
15.02.10.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.02.10.10

Quick Heal
Adware.DomaIQ.BT5
2.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Tuguu
15.2.10.10

Sophos
PUA 'DomainIQ pay-per install'
5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.DomaIQ/Variant
10062

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.KCDcKOB
37.0.11433

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
37240

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.180
2.0.0.2061

File size:
386.2 KB (395,480 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, STREET=Avd Barranco de las Torres N10 Oficina 4A, L=Adeje, S=S/C de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F1F4478174C3E164CE93F4AB63CBA287

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2014 12:43:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Yf5g6CMtt7f6QRsOjL1hGn9TOYObx3d5TkSY+C:Yq6Bt4QRsu1Yn9TvydWwC

Entry address:
0x3446

Entry point:
E8, 22, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.2437

Code size:
38 KB (38,912 bytes)

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

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