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Tuguu Israel Ltd

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 file parent.txt by Tuguu Israel 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.updateplugins.com.
Publisher:
Tuguu Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e9f2356e00c4b970ea557e2b51ef4b31

SHA-1:
70bf739bee5aefd8db9f15ace6f37b67cc650051

SHA-256:
920ef0e1ef078a53d9d81ea867beba878f4bffec29df2f0920e267b6d7fcd5f1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software bundles potentially unwanted offers during setup including toolbars and adware.

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:
11/23/2024 9:32:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuIsr.Bundler (M)
16.6.27.4

File size:
460.5 KB (471,600 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\parent.txt

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tuguu Israel Ltd

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/11/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 5:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu Israel Ltd, O=Tuguu Israel Ltd, L=RAMAT GAN, C=IL

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

Serial number:
06FD356584CBF71B04A7AFE790A2329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/22/2013 1:55:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:aXP2VguYIgrGRq6t2BfkXws/ZDNmSEk/UnOJtxw051M6Jp/+hTg8cdlbv6eYl:YkgrL6qMgs/NNSksnOfx55/aG6v

Entry address:
0xD685

Entry point:
E8, 34, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C8, 53, 42, 00, E8, 2D, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 50, B8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 1F, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 26, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 39, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 1A, 64, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 70, 00, 42, 00, 83, 3D, 14, B5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, DA, 5B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4125

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

The file parent.txt has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ttb.updateplugins.com/download/request/.../ZR7KBfZ2?ClickID=222991961&PubID=674

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