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 29 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:
3c9c34ce7d86c2a140cf47bd23f4e195

SHA-1:
9be24852d79a0b6f27d6b96969985bacbc22f893

SHA-256:
c8413095720f0eb7c42570d15c504aa7f0c69b3f66d4d10bd25f093c62afa0ac

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
5/8/2024 8:25:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
5640770

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-CM [PUP]
2014.9-150417

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic_r
2016.0.3137

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
1.0.20.535

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.D
21794

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1823
9.0.1.0107

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
8.15.04.17.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AS potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.631487
4/17/2015

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.18.19

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Tuguu
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15623

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2015.04.17.02

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ
5600.6793

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
16.0.0.321

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.C
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.471600.C
15.04.16.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.04.17.02

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Tuguu.Bundler
15.4.16.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.DomaIQ!1.9EEB
23.00.65.15415

Sophos
PUA 'DomainIQ pay-per install'
5.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33624

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Lollipop.Win32.124
2.0.0.2141

File size:
460.5 KB (471,600 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:
12/21/2013 10:20:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ZPgm1w+oJ1dlGpz42w+mBSiNX+bVlzdLQjMyyFu/3LiwoRVVdnDd965ADY4v:aF1zG4Gi+7dLGxmI2RVVFDd968v

Entry address:
0xD685

Entry point:
E8, 34, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, B8, 53, 42, 00, E8, 2D, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 50, B8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 1F, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 26, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 39, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 1A, 64, 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, 00, 42, 00, 83, 3D, 14, B5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, DA, 5B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4129

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

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