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:
defd2d3f76978885986ffb0f37f97d36

SHA-1:
67505cb1369256f95289ce400341164cf1851e6f

SHA-256:
43451ecb526f79ecbea454f7b6a0d8d79ce36e0c0638c8f8bc67d278640648cf

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:
11/28/2024 3:23:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.25.21

File size:
365.7 KB (374,496 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 5:59:59 PM

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:
3/1/2014 2:10:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:EWpkbJvLBgM4QoRmQ3BxbEhlgB+djvXHQ5bjVO8x5xYq7V:LI1LBg9QoRmQxxbylqgvXHQbOm5T7V

Entry address:
0x377B

Entry point:
E8, BB, 55, 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, 35, 42, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 5C, 00, 41, 00, 50, E8, E5, 41, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, A8, 2D, 41, 00, E8, 65, 42, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 7E, 57, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, EC, 57, 41, 00, BA, E8, 57, 41, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
6.4002

Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

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