player_plugin.exe

Tuguu S.L

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 player_plugin.exe by Tuguu S.L has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.cloudsvr34.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
30d8d638fcd18ce8715fa11514b2f8f8

SHA-1:
4b91759fd0eafed67cfc0449f7b57bb9965f122e

SHA-256:
e8ac838c9ba516981049a75551425e7cb3bef35b171e44d285abacb4d47c70a9

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
11/14/2024 1:58:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.146.118

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.4884
9.0.1.0121

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9744

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11935

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
14.0.0.3934

Malwarebytes
Adware.DomaIQ
v2014.05.01.04

Panda Antivirus
Suspicious file
14.05.01.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TuguuSL.N
14.5.1.3

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28742

File size:
939.9 KB (962,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2013 9:13:51 AM

Valid to:
12/4/2014 9:13:51 AM

Subject:
E=victor.camacho@tuguu.com, CN=Tuguu S.L, O=Tuguu S.L, L=Adeje, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121111958C6091E136AAD058195A273968F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/30/2014 3:56:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:R2RpGHwaKwtkMmqL/8zh+tMrfEBBnpgMY3OZqwC61c:CpIhkMryh+tyfEBBpgMYkCP

Entry address:
0x43ED

Entry point:
E8, 5B, 2D, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 7E, 18, 00, 00, FF, 35, 68, CE, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, D0, 41, 00, C3, FF, 35, 68, CE, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, D0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, B8, 24, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 2A, 36, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 41, 36, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 68, CE, 42, 00, FF, 15, 80, D0, 41, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 7C, D0, 41, 00, A3, 68, CE, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4D, 39, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
6.9970

Code size:
111.5 KB (114,176 bytes)

The file player_plugin.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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