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 27 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:
62b0cf1bbde3537e182ea4e178e0a895

SHA-1:
0efbc6539a4c3a49686c410a72e15648a832b569

SHA-256:
62d6811e387fdc42f125f4e5ff1b39aaca7c159f3ffb52d18258b599708b802c

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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:
4/16/2024 2:15:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
1022

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
14.04.18

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.147.198

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-BM [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
DomaIQ
2015.0.3500

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
1.0.20.940

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
18227

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.43
9.0.1.0108

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9762

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-18-04_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.7.7.6

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11984

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3997

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.04.18.01

McAfee
PUP-FJP!B795E14DCB8B
5600.7156

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.3
15.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Adware.cwplyr
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.18.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TUGUUSL.G
14.4.18.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.DomaIQ!6.15EA
23.00.65.14416

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28918

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DomaIQ.Win32.176
2.0.0.1779

File size:
391.4 KB (400,824 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 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 11:59:59 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:
3/8/2014 10:36:42 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:FGyw99vtxI7XzzQoRXdla8To8maHHko/9FsHbtR28mIZYk:j4vt6bXQoRXdlHToQnl9OH2NIh

Entry address:
0x30FD

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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Code size:
55 KB (56,320 bytes)

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