winrar.exe

Tuguu S.L.

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 S.L has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. 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 S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3b9eb50f5766e954c684621daf5fd301

SHA-1:
8ebc2785b0f6c1f535c171974289da3a2164420d

SHA-256:
dda58bcc4493e5b36385bc620d36dfadfb84fa4b22ddd02b7bf4a88ebfbd497e

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:33:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.132.6

avast!
NSIS:DomaIQ-C [PUP]
2014.9-140521

AVG
Agent.L
2015.0.3467

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
17801

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.28
9.0.1.0141

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ
8.9433

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/DomaIQ
5/21/2014

G Data
NSIS.Application.DomaIQ
14.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11193

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3832

Malwarebytes
Adware.DomaIQ
v2014.05.21.12

McAfee
Artemis!3B9EB50F5766
5600.7123

Norman
Obfuscated.gen!r
11.20140521

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.21.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TuguuSL.G
14.8.7.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.97

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
26554

File size:
340 KB (348,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/14/2013 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/18/2014 4:30:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L., OU=U B76539535, O=Tuguu S.L., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
08EC69B75B2FE31EC2C53E0E441AC0E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 2:20:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pseuAxPX3d6mKKzTNrRpNkHX884yylw0gCRGakzCpcfPY48F2FdWbCAgr5:LuA5nDKwlpCHMdyypJRl+CpcXY0+gN

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9126

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file winrar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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