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avast.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 avast.exe by TUGUU, SL has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
TUGUU, SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f81f5abacee3cf6ba41f0788290bc760

SHA-1:
faf3f95a8ccef67b96307385c0d190d5d34e4aa4

SHA-256:
23f1325c456cc14d661bc3032a6149e68857f5723390bbb3ed8eb34c1ca6caea

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
11/9/2024 1:02:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.6.25.16

File size:
284.1 KB (290,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TUGUU, SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 5:59:59 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:
6/17/2014 5:17:30 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mwR5za+HqlckLlSNb8uBaKxW6cG+GF6nTg+YAP:dR5zaoMckLMNGKxW6L+GFwTg6P

Entry address:
0x609F

Entry point:
B8, 6C, EE, 4C, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 65, 73, 6F, 6E, 6F, 73, 65, 6C, 6F, 63, 00, C2, 57, 8B, F3, 00, DE, 5C, 15, 60, 5E, 16, BC, C1, D7, 51, 99, 02, DC, C9, FD, 80, B5, BB, A0, 31, 5E, 9C, B6, 03, 10, C2, A4, 38, D3, 1A, E9, 04, 36, 7D, 4F, A9, 99, B3, 7C, 7B, 2D, 2C, 1C, 69, 40, C9, AE, A7, 85, FD, 1A, FB, 0F, A2, E8, 59, 7E, C5, 23, 49, EB, 74, 3B, A3, C5, 20, 2C, E0, CD, 4C, E7, 5B, 7F, AD, A3, 13, B3, BB, FF, 3E, 54, CD, E5, AD, 20, 38, B8, 72...
 
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Entropy:
7.8004  (probably packed)

Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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

http://downloads.gufile.com/.../avast.exe

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