setup.exe

Tuguu S.L.U.

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.U has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.U.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f2e275b32598daac41bb01f39079081

SHA-1:
2d2048c28b491f9bcaf6309570d7d300c293ff42

SHA-256:
328c097dfd2cbc0ffb2721a6db88674bc0637a5aa5aa4cb4ab19e4d278fe3a08

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
11/23/2024 10:48:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.656740
1023

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
14.07.07

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.G.2
7.11.144.32

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-BB [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3501

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.Generic.656740
1.0.20.540

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.D
18124

Dr.Web
Trojan.PayInt.14
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.656740
8.14.04.18.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AU (variant)
8.9692

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.B.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-18-04_6

G Data
Dropped:Adware.Generic.656740
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.7.7.1

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11806

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3999

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.07.07.02

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ!6F2E275B3259
5600.7157

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.Generic.656740
15.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.PayInt.csffwn
0.28.0.59288

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.Generic.656740
14.04.17.03

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.18.03

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
4.14.12.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSLU.F
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.DomaIQ!1.9EEB
23.00.65.14416

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
28346

File size:
476 KB (487,384 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/27/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/27/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L.U., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tuguu S.L.U., L=Adeje, S=SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 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:
21FCDE5EAE401DF690786A73C48E74F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2013 8:09:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FQR17Zoi9I6ilkSE9RiTyR79Osvq2aqpU3gBKx:KZoifUyssvq2Xpw

Entry address:
0xD162

Entry point:
E8, C5, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 18, 43, 42, 00, E8, C4, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, A8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, B0, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, B7, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D0, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AB, 64, 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, 70, F0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 1C, A5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 6A, 5C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4425

Code size:
119.5 KB (122,368 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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