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:
87568f0a0f2183f613eedf6df171f5fa

SHA-1:
e512a4d7e28164eb5b98c75efb0e8195a4dcee9c

SHA-256:
7edbdf93e33a4a0e5d518d43868ff913651cab926eaa17005616ac387a1a7a2a

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:
4/26/2024 5:09:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.3.12.13

File size:
458.9 KB (469,944 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:
12/18/2013 10:56:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NBxI1rcVvaDWXJfnjccDDRrYSQCb9y9ZIoLN:NArcVv6WXJfj1BYJCpSIoB

Entry address:
0xD1C1

Entry point:
E8, CC, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 58, 43, 42, 00, E8, C5, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B7, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C0, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D1, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, B2, 64, 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, 80, F0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 71, 5C, 00...
 
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Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

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