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 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from rss2search.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
61700ae0108653da1681fc9b09e788ce

SHA-1:
927f048b34508ce34d05937a6d93357a35fd1421

SHA-256:
cd268ad5c35de4e60a92e2761f5235dadbd27132d4bc1ce36b5488c9494c622a

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
4/23/2024 6:23:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.138.26

AVG
DomaIQ
2015.0.3479

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader9.45575
9.0.1.0130

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BA (variant)
8.9567

G Data
Win32.Application.DomalQ
14.5.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.5.10.3

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11510

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.3889

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomalQ
v2014.05.10.03

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ!C64668B7650D
5600.7135

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.10.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSL.F
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
27576

File size:
370.2 KB (379,056 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:
3/20/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 11:59:59 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:
3/10/2014 12:25:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Mu9LQqwcT8KcLUCYVkP3LIV1sA7crKuZfMFHb8YbP:MwRwcTLcLAVkPb+1sAVofQP

Entry address:
0x326B

Entry point:
E8, 51, 44, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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...
 
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Code size:
58 KB (59,392 bytes)

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

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