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 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 S.L.U.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c8186a57ac2907b482e237ae7011dee2

SHA-1:
4959863194647f91a60c4f14396efe456e1441cd

SHA-256:
876768330103092534c474ea69c93ebcace77f3e272a1a040e0adfaf51dd411b

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:
4/12/2025 8:48:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
17.3.15.21

File size:
450.9 KB (461,736 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 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/27/2014 4:59:59 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:
11/29/2013 8:13:40 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

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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Entropy:
7.3910

Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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

http://ttb.mediaplayerinstaller.com/download/request/.../UD79NFnL?PubID=[VALUE]&subid=2294635501

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