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acpupdater.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 acpupdater.exe by Tuguu SL has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9817a4d09a7879bee7ba2ca425b9d927

SHA-1:
b1e4189c7d8b7f08160fb80bc74c3fdde7acc193

SHA-256:
00356742cf1ca0e0958f69af01a33c8eef1e887b21ebd3a28fd422f1669c2d3a

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 7:10:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2014.11.19

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.MulDrop5.32921
9.0.1.05190

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.11.18.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TuguuSL.K
14.11.18.20

File size:
6.1 MB (6,418,152 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\acpupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tuguu SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2015 6:59:59 PM

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 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:WOfU8pu5kjzEGYWBUU2NN8AyzNyRLyxpH5hirQfEuJHoQqD6CWuGexOJC55wINB:3U8xGeUvNiAiPHqQMgqD6sxKCUIb

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:
7.9540

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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