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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:
a6d3add80b43d95c0ba4101fb70c8cc7

SHA-1:
ea6717cf5fa4746137f754043b736d47fe209d62

SHA-256:
89f9ef58c189f7604011e7f6eaf5aabfe28dedc564614450722c0a3ab1c32adf

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:
11/5/2024 2:38:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.8.8.0

File size:
319.7 KB (327,416 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 SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/20/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/21/2014 12:59:59 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:
2/14/2014 2:48:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:BcF8HV21DF6BFDTEkBL7CPpkp3dAT9Czeceb8bgYVz:aqHV2sEcXwkp+9CRz

Entry address:
0x1749

Entry point:
E8, F1, 17, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, C0, C1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, BC, C1, 40, 00, 89, 15, B8, C1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, B4, C1, 40, 00, 89, 35, B0, C1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, AC, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, D8, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, CC, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, A8, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, A4, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, A0, C1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 9C, C1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, D0, C1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, C4, C1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, C8, C1, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, D4, C1, 40...
 
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Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

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

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