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 32 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Tuguu SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bf302f4d36e3bf8e512b051f2ce2f544

SHA-1:
aa3bb61350c10c83c423525ac6185ca47399dc4b

SHA-256:
0f9223ec1aaaabbd2bf45f66f6b8aa19108d716e2818ec943af5f186a4860b4e

Scanner detections:
32 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/30/2024 3:06:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
6306382

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.12.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.198.70

avast!
DomaIQ-AS [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Bundle_r.P
2014.0.4235

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
1.0.20.1810

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Domaiq-168
0.98/19847

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.JIK
20505

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1674
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.133278
12/28/2014

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.B.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
5.13.68

G Data
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DomaIQ.AM
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14468

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.CryptDomaIQ
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
15.0.0.1086

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.APPL.cqxhnr
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.Q
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.460728
14.12.26.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.12.28.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.DomaIQ.BT5
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSLU.I
14.12.27.23

Sophos
PUA 'DomainIQ pay-per install'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.52
2.0.0.2018

File size:
449.9 KB (460,728 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 6:59:59 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:
11/21/2013 7:11:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5sTNT/twIufKGckWVuWtk/TLL9hfPrQEto/Kt9tokISr8BXAd/RSXSEX22Yr2Bay:aSfKGckWVgSXSeyr2Bawf+ZekAANQ

Entry address:
0xD526

Entry point:
E8, 8F, 59, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, 34, 42, 00, E8, F0, 22, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 70, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 7D, 5B, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 84, 63, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, FC, 22, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 78, 5A, 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, A8, E0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, 95, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 41, 51, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3902

Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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