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 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpcloudsvr302.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ca8f84c04a06bac3c7b07215681d51d9

SHA-1:
e3ae4f496dbe4506064a86bac8a4efdad1e4b8d6

SHA-256:
05651cfbd146691cffc7b51b9cbe24f17315bb6ca985b76c902f3ad329b4ee78

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/26/2024 8:51:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.3

File size:
362.2 KB (370,920 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:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 7:59:59 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:
2/21/2014 5:03:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ehqubAERReUtoV0Nf8cURRPwUOOXTEDIccpnH4AboYBH1:aqu8oReUKV0J8cURRgxoHPH1

Entry address:
0x377B

Entry point:
E8, 1B, 56, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 56, 57, 85, D2, 74, 07, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 13, E8, 9B, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 3F, 42, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 33, 8B, 45, 10, 85, C0, 75, 04, 88, 02, EB, E2, 8B, F2, 2B, F0, 8A, 08, 88, 0C, 06, 40, 84, C9, 74, 03, 4F, 75, F3, 85, FF, 75, 11, C6, 02, 00, E8, 65, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, C6, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, CC, 63, 41, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3741

Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

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

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