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TUGUU, SL

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 whatsapp.exe by TUGUU, SL 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, SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc71f08dd77f398e9236de87e11eeead

SHA-1:
14561752798cf26fe2d4e78eaf0529856b5754ff

SHA-256:
13aaa06d3b87e7356148be3dd5cb62aa392fd7138d1f13b842a47d0b326c3818

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/19/2024 8:05:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
17.3.6.17

File size:
302.5 KB (309,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TUGUU, SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="TUGUU, SL", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="TUGUU, SL", L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 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:
1DE894C9D18A7BB0CFA10F699F31A9A4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2014 1:17:05 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x24FB

Entry point:
B8, 24, 45, 4C, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 74, 34, 67, 33, 76, 62, 6E, 79, 33, 00, B4, E4, 29, E3, D1, CA, F1, AE, F6, 03, C9, 28, 49, 32, 00, 28, B1, 7D, 2E, 03, 46, BE, 83, 9E, CC, DF, 89, 69, AF, D8, C9, 65, 75, 99, FC, 96, 61, 9B, 4F, 93, 35, 85, 5A, 0A, 72, 1A, 44, 65, DA, A2, CB, 95, 43, 97, E6, 41, 68, D3, 73, DE, D3, C9, E2, D7, 78, 8F, FC, AE, 25, 63, 02, 7F, 66, 27, 16, 9D, A6, F9, 4B, EC, EA, D6, 7E, 59, E4, D3, EC, E2, 7A, 10, F1, 83, 9B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9882  (probably packed)

Code size:
109.5 KB (112,128 bytes)

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