player_setup.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_setup.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:
52f38f718029d58f41f25c8a729384c4

SHA-1:
0c78cc97e26abe51d7aa7f0133f475bb1ea2d312

SHA-256:
9c652302d11a4586497f78fd2194feaa9c65d4898584672c37ad337a5dc352d0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:58:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.Bundler (M)
16.3.13.4

File size:
362 KB (370,696 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2013 2:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 2:24:02 PM

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:
2776B257979F9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2014 12:28:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:WOSLZVvAt5/VzBbwWkyJbY97nXrg657sgDj0GF3gKzELJZ+q+SVmqQdQn6CXF/Kk:WTLrv+VzfFgD4GFwKoV0q+A6MQCHbHYw

Entry address:
0x2509

Entry point:
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Code size:
41 KB (41,984 bytes)

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