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:
867157891234b7888abc27cc0e0e1677

SHA-1:
c79939c882e3d67c711326c678c7c6cd45be957f

SHA-256:
c5debd979463d22635c4f296ad4075a18923816e16cf1290baede906947bac2e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:21:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.5.28.3

File size:
447.4 KB (458,160 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:
2/8/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/9/2014 12:59:59 AM

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 7:22:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rK7a7KUexh62phxB7wyxGV6Z/4N49cCrz:TBe9tfGV6N4N4SQz

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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Code size:
112 KB (114,688 bytes)

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