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setup.exe

Tuguu S.L

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 S.L has been detected as adware by 12 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 S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
941685ce00a19204aa385c10e8a769de

SHA-1:
a265b13ea48bc30186591c8626fad158849795f2

SHA-256:
2bf61f40a9fbf3098f88530640fcde7b67a1078f7bbba8c46acac4b1493137e7

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/25/2024 4:43:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.DomaIQ.AN
509

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Lollipop
7.1.1

Bitdefender
Adware.DomaIQ.AN
1.0.20.1285

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.DomaIQ.AN
8.15.09.14.02

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of mozilla-thunderbird.exe (Adware)
2015.9.14.2

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11847

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.1429

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2015.09.14.02

McAfee
Artemis!3DABD305A85C
5600.6643

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.DomaIQ.AN
16.0.0.771

nProtect
Adware.DomaIQ.AN
14.04.22.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuSL.Bundler (M)
15.8.6.23

File size:
438 KB (448,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tuguu S.L

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2013 9:13:51 AM

Valid to:
12/4/2014 9:13:51 AM

Subject:
E=victor.camacho@tuguu.com, CN=Tuguu S.L, O=Tuguu S.L, L=Adeje, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121111958C6091E136AAD058195A273968F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/16/2014 4:37:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:OPmiLuncbmmkHCUwDgt/ZSwLM2f3a6xAEg8ovT9ploCe1O6pRbYxvfTzYj:+miGmkHC3s3SwLMAvxAQwjJe7SrM

Entry address:
0x271A

Entry point:
E8, 27, 2E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 20, FA, 41, 00, E8, 0C, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, D8, 57, 42, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 29, 30, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 4C, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 6D, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, FD, 2E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 4C, 52, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, C0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, E3, 0A, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7353

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

http://www.thesoftdll.com/.../Setup.exe

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