setup.exe

Tuguu S.L.U.

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.U has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.U.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7885a8bfddb3b9bc5e7ade205cb354e7

SHA-1:
c9ab60527e3b4287cde9e7e18fe4c06a16669eac

SHA-256:
bcf51b05786c5018df2610324e4ef144503a01d56181b34456f77a630a4da8c5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles third-party components such as adware in the installer.

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:
4/26/2024 1:10:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.2.2.13

File size:
460.5 KB (471,512 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/27/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/27/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L.U., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tuguu S.L.U., L=Adeje, S=SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
21FCDE5EAE401DF690786A73C48E74F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/23/2013 11:33:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5b/2Sw+oJEdJGpT42yoW4RYMnlYnnzsEpPRvutJTtgWfOiMY3NewDwYh8:tkE/O4OW4SkYnnzlptuzhfOg3NRV8

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:
7.4167

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

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

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