winrar.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 winrar.exe by TUGUU, SL has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
TUGUU, SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7c3aac9920acb96d4fce34c3074fa38e

SHA-1:
0028d508eb729098dd1d4acc5019d4db267f3a89

SHA-256:
cf959651321c5dac2db78c1532ad2d422269f1239cb859822e0ca580f28eb468

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/27/2024 3:03:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
DomaIQ-CC [PUP]
2014.9-150927

AVG
Adware DomaIQ.X
2016.0.2973

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2215
9.0.1.0270

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.9.27.16

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.178.12292

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.1362

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2015.09.27.04

McAfee
PUP-FJP!6ED9A5CF8738
5600.6629

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11000205
16.0.0.810

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.389344.B
14.06.03.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
15.8.14.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29800

File size:
382.9 KB (392,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
11/28/2014 2:59:59 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:
3/6/2014 6:25:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:dSI5kqTzKQSzyQoR/M+634/ZaKszyR8Qbti28W/7YFa:5pTz9SWQoR/Mb4VszyRi29/ua

Entry address:
0x30ED

Entry point:
E8, B2, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.2546

Code size:
55 KB (56,320 bytes)

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