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 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from butters.mxp2353.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Tuguu SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c80ad2f4adce067ca99f8d0a6a74f8e5

SHA-1:
e13e26865623424b29a54393736a48b870f3ab50

SHA-256:
862c0378d293d71c1ece94ac9caa7264c503cf874d46f267123fd1a597090fb5

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
5/19/2025 2:13:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-AG [PUP]
2014.9-131218

Bkav FE
W32.Cloda9a.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.923
9.0.1.0352

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ
8.9235

Panda Antivirus
Adware/MultiToolbar
13.12.18.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSLU.I
14.8.7.21

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.96

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
24952

File size:
1.9 MB (1,967,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\software\setup_v2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/7/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 9:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 8:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:IRwyqnRrpGKwBfqzvJWXwbj+hRCVnQXJG:IRwyq3GKgqUw3+hRuW0

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setup_v2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://butters.mxp2353.com/.../DownQuick.exe

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