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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 itunes.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 Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
tuguu sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ae208078bf989b6c182c8924ab130bc2

SHA-1:
9da3ebdb3566ea2299cfb2c32b6aa77ebaacd64b

SHA-256:
955da530956fd64dc990d7e3b84b17edaf71030df6d75e40210e072d412b5d61

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:
12/25/2024 3:48:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.tuguusl.Bundler (M)
16.7.5.10

File size:
593 KB (607,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
tuguu sl

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/13/2013 10:06:55 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2014 10:06:55 AM

Subject:
CN=tuguu sl, O=tuguu sl, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B632A0CF95E4D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/12/2014 5:57:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:onzu9gEb7yr3pIO1cigpzfdbTNKJlYdTp:gz/Eb+3pfDEpeYH

Entry address:
0x2F71

Entry point:
E8, 52, 2D, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, E2, 18, 00, 00, FF, 35, 58, 95, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, B0, 41, 00, C3, FF, 35, 58, 95, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, B0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, AF, 24, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 16, 36, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 2D, 36, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 58, 95, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, B0, 41, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 7C, B0, 41, 00, A3, 58, 95, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 39, 39, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
6.5775

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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

http://www.pitisoft.com/.../itunes.exe

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