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 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.cloudbox40.com.
Publisher:
tuguu sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
159ac077d5ed01b395246efb6a150d0f

SHA-1:
1fb3ee812f24830250102e8b1456433f171eec77

SHA-256:
ad25c5e964e483acd032390a438a739771a0df3e6ed7d7c60a256a8f89bc4bc5

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:
12/23/2024 10:03:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu.tuguusl.Bundler (M)
16.2.6.16

File size:
333.9 KB (341,888 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/13/2013 10:06:55 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2014 10:06:55 AM

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:
2B632A0CF95E4D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2014 5:19:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:7nyswfWCVUP89jgiqUP8tucUpCL/W1qQmMJZRESeGuz3V8AbvYT:7yJfzVj9PqUozi2W1vmWZRbiM

Entry address:
0x1B89

Entry point:
E8, B1, 25, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, 28, 93, 40, 00, E9, 03, 27, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 28, 93, 40, 00, E8, F0, 26, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 8C, 27, 00, 00, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08, 51, 52, E8, 6E, 27, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 04, 33, C0, EB, 24, F6, 06, 02, 74, 05, F6, 07, 08, 74, F2, 8B, 45, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.2823

Code size:
31.5 KB (32,256 bytes)

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

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