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acpsetup.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 acpsetup.exe by Tuguu SL has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from gsf-cf.softonic.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d7227f7d4a651bfbf6a2ec84989c657c

SHA-1:
220e1dacab1a9a005fae0e01f45552898e8d2544

SHA-256:
75f2958fbf505f5034bd8750e34c4ad75a1fe0a9d485684c7b00bda7f3ad76bb

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:10:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2015.03.13

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Tuguu
15.3.20.20

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0126
7.2.79

File size:
2.3 MB (2,422,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tuguu SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, 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:
56922B7B31EE2972499EA8BCEA0EB8A2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2OfUK5dIWZJIkTNeQuo3CSDDzApwzyZbUOkuFmFA9:2OfU8dISHruICSjApwzjFFA9

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:
7.7988

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/220/e1d/.../ACPSetup.exe

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