setup_v2.exe

Tuguu SLU

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_v2.exe by Tuguu SLU 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 SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
14c76f8988a8f42750c7d63c107343ab

SHA-1:
05dfbfea7e0e55732d544cd5209955f1ce008279

SHA-256:
01c51a4bf134f8e9e3abc09cb9a2a1bfeed923ed1a77e96e23a8cd6455b25e87

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:
4/25/2024 12:20:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.2.27.7

File size:
447.4 KB (458,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup_v2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SLU, OU=N/A, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tuguu SLU, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenrife, 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:
552127982028C352ADDA5CA8F6C0BAE7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2013 12:22:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zK7a7KUexh62phxB7wyxGV6Z/4N49cCri:LBe9tfGV6N4N4SQi

Entry address:
0xD171

Entry point:
E8, A8, 56, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 23, 42, 00, E8, E5, 22, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 70, 98, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 93, 58, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 9A, 60, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, F1, 22, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 8E, 57, 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, 8C, D0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 14, 85, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, FA, 4C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3954

Code size:
112 KB (114,688 bytes)

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