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 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 Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f25b76520c1a133b2144330fceeb0b6c

SHA-1:
fc9182c107734abbfb92920e967719ce451bb000

SHA-256:
8ddac3c6a525e5b7cf54fbeb3d505659877fd97fb5863dd4f6421c679c3e4be4

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software bundles potentially unwanted offers during setup including toolbars and adware.

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 9:22:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.142.186

AVG
DomaIQ_r.H
2015.0.3508

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18086

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ (variant)
8.9665

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11737

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.4033

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.04.11.11

McAfee
Artemis!564F55A8164A
5600.7164

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.11.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuIsrael.F
14.8.7.22

Sophos
Generic PUA IP
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28194

File size:
431.9 KB (442,304 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 8:00:00 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:
4/9/2014 12:31:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:+LkL+jocfjGNouUGCDPJolfCf/EO0ksQyXYf4+UYPskubZmYaQOYmz:+wL+ccfjTuUGCDholyb0YHUnKz

Entry address:
0x2315

Entry point:
E8, 53, 24, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DD, 09, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, 3B, 25, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, E8, C9, 41, 00, E8, B7, 24, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B8, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, 1E, 26, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, E8, 78, 24, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.6540

Code size:
108 KB (110,592 bytes)

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

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