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player_setup.exe

Tuguu SLU

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 SLU 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 SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
774d598fbe7ebba1a9ae218ec352ee59

SHA-1:
977d3f60f86316074732267ab44ddafa4de11dbe

SHA-256:
82e1b81926fb63e74d0aa217f60188c9dd8a29ca33ba4cce0da9f3eec43c3b08

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
12/26/2024 4:40:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.TuguuU.Bundler (M)
16.5.2.2

File size:
451 KB (461,776 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:
Tuguu SLU

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/8/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/9/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SLU, OU=N/A, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tuguu SLU, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenrife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
552127982028C352ADDA5CA8F6C0BAE7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/28/2013 8:16:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3mnTNtY/X+hpoIyrA+Yn04eGhpD1S/JKQVM:EkX+h2IyMznfh88L

Entry address:
0xD74B

Entry point:
E8, 99, 59, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 90, 35, 42, 00, E8, EB, 22, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 70, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 84, 5B, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 8B, 63, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, F7, 22, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 7F, 5A, 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, A8, E0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, 95, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 4B, 51, 00...
 
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Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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

http://ttb.latestplayerplugin.com/download/request/.../vKCdZReX?dp=LqOPtmbfswtzvwjiNKaWnaFreGaaae_Dc8f0iu_c976_amneySrn1OjgTPjsn6OgpnZunkgLE0bPMQuYiBcMcmdAMaaMce1uAeAeqganA0aaa0GIKPr__D4bKzcH7OT9C0u7Ou_ChRtpXfD9ksFN3JAmJWnBW12mHTbiGjP-Y2ySKkNeSa-PppNfvh-ikzwiWKjzutfHOZmUFMGHl0bzZaJcsF3RcYQ-hYsnTGgHcJZvX6arBq_fXiigvaSMfBq6wj9Il3PdL6y8zmy0m0GhSkmGo47E4GMcR_-9CZMQ-YOtjytzTTTBRXVuxyDmK0DUReBnXHFRx4BoqJaxiRmS0bmKbI1O6vQBlOZj0EZ3tHko8zZTvhkLsibnhXlrjcG6IjimJSU7terR6oRyh1h6x8KC4ujusbzc8ja&VURLID=7317

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