setup.exe

Tuguu S.L

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 setup.exe by Tuguu S.L has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5177c1ef914bac7f19ae02785a89937e

SHA-1:
0a86c0c5b9a768c31b78a9d549c2563fc219b4fd

SHA-256:
ed479102ce555800ed0ca88483e5b5d5012eb0850a729fe985843265579247a9

Scanner detections:
16 / 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 8:10:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.138.118

AVG
DomaIQ_r.G
2015.0.3487

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.PUP
17977

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2259
9.0.1.0122

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BB (variant)
8.9578

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.5.2.5

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.2.2.29

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3929

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomalQ
v2014.05.02.05

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!b2k
5600.7143

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.02.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSL.F
14.3.31.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.DomaIQ!6.1627
23.00.65.14430

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.KCDcKOB
37.0.10834

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
27658

File size:
384 KB (393,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2013 7:13:51 AM

Valid to:
12/4/2014 7:13:51 AM

Subject:
E=victor.camacho@tuguu.com, CN=Tuguu S.L, O=Tuguu S.L, L=Adeje, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121111958C6091E136AAD058195A273968F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2014 8:22:02 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Hf5g6CgVaYQ25VTsY/PpR4m2iqGJCx5bbxs+5TktYUv:Hq6VVX5psY/n41iqlc+Whv

Entry address:
0x3446

Entry point:
E8, 22, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.1926

Code size:
38 KB (38,912 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-213-138-138.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.213.138.138:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-201-62-44.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.201.62.44:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 198.105.217.60.static.midphase.com  (198.105.217.60:80)

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