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 30 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:
85356604e20856d05d68dbe9c949fa63

SHA-1:
822771f4e94b2d238d636a57d4d22e732c109c3c

SHA-256:
e3fdf524430695f663038a23bc7d866bb12b2600b73680e91f451bde76b77a9b

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
4/16/2024 7:33:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
950

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.AV
7.11.157.148

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic_r.IA
2014.0.3986

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
1.0.20.900

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Domaiq-18
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.D
18714

Dr.Web
Trojan.PayInt.27
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AV potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Backdoor2.HTIW
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-29-06_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.6.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.8.24.19

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Tuguu
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12553

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DomaIQ
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.06.29.06

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ
5600.7084

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
15.0.0.540

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.csmcgi
0.28.0.60475

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.DomaIQ.459856
14.06.29.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.06.29.06

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
6.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuIsrael.F
14.8.7.22

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.43
2.0.0.1841

File size:
449.1 KB (459,856 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 8:00:00 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:
1/9/2014 11:46:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mOeTIfnjAEkxJPNeaL9uRqQb3fgnFwFGLgJ2k0SyCKF1pYax6uYj+LkYyFF:FAEOJPNeapQrgjLgJoSyCuDYax6hj5FF

Entry address:
0xCCE2

Entry point:
E8, 94, 5E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 22, 42, 00, E8, C4, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, 88, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 7F, 60, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 86, 68, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D0, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 7A, 5F, 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, 1C, 85, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 3A, 57, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3919

Code size:
110.5 KB (113,152 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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