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player_plugin.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 player_plugin.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.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
041c5d45ad75b8998b62e4e6dc969dda

SHA-1:
6eddd0e5b1dbc301fc416d87505ba230c722f7a1

SHA-256:
09abfe7ed36e088eec16401e42fa096c10ce69980f9bcb829ad9eb38541ca959

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:
2/25/2025 9:11:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.8.3.17

File size:
370.7 KB (379,616 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:
Tuguu SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/20/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/21/2014 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, STREET=Avd Barranco de las Torres N10 Oficina 4A, L=Adeje, S=S/C de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F1F4478174C3E164CE93F4AB63CBA287

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2014 12:26:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:jGkORa/mgnQXgZG9PvK6pu4Dx0DrQlqK3BvN+Vz1dbroBjQmafsQQRwbreMvYB:nOmmgnQb9K6pVD+QEK3BvN+mjQmafsQU

Entry address:
0x3306

Entry point:
E8, 00, 4B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, CC, 63, 41, 00, FF, 15, 60, 00, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 74, 37, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 5C, 00, 41, 00, 50, E8, 24, 37, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, 28, 2D, 41, 00, E8, AA, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, C3, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 0C, 58, 41, 00, BA, 08, 58, 41, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
6.3629

Code size:
56.5 KB (57,856 bytes)

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

http://www.lpcloudsvr302.com/.../Player_Plugin.exe

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