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windows-password-unlocker.exe

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 windows-password-unlocker.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:
2c94d6e0c9672078cf16f38818345324

SHA-1:
b3aceb7911983ac8a4cee801b094073427ddc469

SHA-256:
8022abd7680d75aa3a1c77cf75b044bba217ff4ca6f9a845666093f8b0e96889

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:
4/24/2024 11:54:05 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
15.12.17.18

File size:
383.1 KB (392,248 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows-password-unlocker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TUGUU, SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 5:59:59 PM

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:
3/15/2014 6:17:32 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:of5g6CEAyz5eNueaoG9eFsAiWAWQbx4a5Tk7YJ0:oq6JXz5esb1IFNxf7aWi0

Entry address:
0x3446

Entry point:
E8, 22, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.2476

Code size:
38 KB (38,912 bytes)

The file windows-password-unlocker.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.gufile.com/.../windows-password-unlocker.exe

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