setup.exe

Tuguu Israel Ltd

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 Israel has been detected as adware by 11 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 Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
23ebce7fc460a630dd3f7b44facb74c9

SHA-1:
710d50b8119b7909b0de979bbebd8095573d8a7a

SHA-256:
d0aa163435a1462d56944e8d06abf68748623b93d30a0704fa41b9b429bcf90b

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software bundles potentially unwanted offers during setup including toolbars and adware.

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:
4/26/2024 1:27:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-BD [PUP]
2014.9-151022

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.10.22.20

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11524

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.1236

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2015.10.22.08

McAfee
RDN/Generic.bfr!gd
5600.6604

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.cspmgz
0.28.0.58491

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
10.15.12.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuIsrael.Bundler (M)
15.8.26.9

Sophos
Generic PUA EB
4.98

File size:
454.6 KB (465,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/11/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 5:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu Israel Ltd, O=Tuguu Israel Ltd, L=RAMAT GAN, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
06FD356584CBF71B04A7AFE790A2329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/17/2014 9:50:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5vaqS4IR/kviXzd45seH6zdi69hxMwjPVl0x55TurrU41APIJgU6Xozwdab0BXlm:0/kviXzdcH6N9h/Vl45aPU4EEkdBbXW

Entry address:
0xC4D7

Entry point:
E8, 10, 56, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 60, 21, 42, 00, E8, 6F, 09, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 60, 88, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, FB, 57, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 02, 60, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 7B, 09, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, F6, 56, 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, 14, 84, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 18, 49, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3682

Code size:
110.5 KB (113,152 bytes)

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