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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Tuguu Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e2585d164c4fb69b06a51a41f9d89edb

SHA-1:
7e98dd440411fc0f57b59cceb9d790b3157b2d21

SHA-256:
72a6766009a7cafb54622fffcc61258966fb0156a26ccb0ea9c6364cbb071db1

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
5/14/2024 6:50:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
934

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.16

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.cpb
7.11.160.254

avast!
DomaIQ-CO [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Trojan horse Downloader.Generic13.CIAR.dropper
2014.0.3986

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
1.0.20.985

Bkav FE
HW32.CDB
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.IBTR
18866

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLW.Autoruner1.33453
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-16-07_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Tuguu
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12733

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3555

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Dropper.BL
v2014.07.16.12

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7068

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.179.95.0

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
15.0.0.591

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Autoruner1.dchfqm
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.07.16.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuIsrael.F
14.8.7.22

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Lollipop
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.402
2.0.0.1859

File size:
302.6 KB (309,832 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 7:00:00 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:
7/7/2014 3:47:05 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:q+LjhEB1aWggNOpqY8zzBZ9iEVXZZNTlCdXxiIcY7:q+Llmdgg4nyXZZZNT6hXz

Entry address:
0x24FB

Entry point:
B8, 24, 45, 4C, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 74, 34, 67, 33, 76, 62, 6E, 79, 33, 00, B4, E4, 29, E3, D1, CA, F1, AE, F6, 03, C9, 28, 49, 32, 00, 28, B1, 7D, 2E, 03, 46, BE, 83, 9E, CC, DF, 89, 69, AF, D8, C9, 65, 75, 99, FC, 96, 61, 9B, 4F, 93, 35, 85, 5A, 0A, 72, 1A, 44, 65, DA, A2, CB, 95, 43, 97, E6, 41, 68, D3, 73, DE, D3, C9, E2, D7, 78, 8F, FC, AE, 25, 63, 02, 7F, 66, 27, 16, 9D, A6, F9, 4B, EC, EA, D6, 7E, 59, E4, D3, EC, E2, 7A, 10, F1, 83, 9B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9862  (probably packed)

Code size:
109.5 KB (112,128 bytes)

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

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