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 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 Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
537800e2880d7fb6e6b7e0d489b0a55b

SHA-1:
e28ae5c49672e1b9c64f62c4f1a781613d7173fa

SHA-256:
e9852512353e61d28244496abafc34f48c35e16b6f2b2181988fb7d68f8717ba

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/25/2024 2:26:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuIsr.Bundler (M)
16.7.7.2

File size:
460.5 KB (471,552 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 2:00:00 PM

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 7:20:11 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pPgm1w+oJ1dlGpz42w+mBSiNX+bVlzdLQjMyyFu/3LiwoRVVdnDd965ADYsG:KF1zG4Gi+7dLGxmI2RVVFDd96AG

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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Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

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