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 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.downloadyourplayer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Tuguu SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a38851ff99647edba6d29654ba80ec8

SHA-1:
54047e77bc68e6184feec40eb9c75a07e688197a

SHA-256:
e60f98993fc738245c3637ef731e6c5d022042a5dfc3c82aee24f5598725abdb

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles third-party components such as adware in the installer.

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:
1/13/2025 7:29:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.DomaIQ.T
865

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen7
7.11.150.16

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140922

AVG
AdLoad.B
2015.0.3343

Bitdefender
Adware.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.1325

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.R
18285

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24553
9.0.1.0265

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.DomaIQ.T
8.14.09.22.06

ESET NOD32
MSIL/DomaIQ
8.9810

F-Secure
Adware.DomaIQ.T
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Adware.DomaIQ
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12109

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.3211

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.22.07

McAfee
Artemis!EE65979880B9
5600.6999

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.DomaIQ.T
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DomaIQ.csqtgn
0.28.0.59911

nProtect
Adware.DomaIQ.T
14.05.16.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.09.22.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TuguuSL.K
14.9.22.18

Sophos
Generic PUA IG
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.DomaIQ/Variant
10343

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
29276

File size:
177.1 KB (181,328 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/19/2014 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu SL, O=Tuguu SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES, PostalCode=38670, STREET=Calle Bentinerfe (Pol Industrial De La Atala) 35, SERIALNUMBER=B76539535, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=ES, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0C6B6125B506B75A743332123041C893

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:EoPyys5jXJ6qIC+lkDvtJM/MyrRPWrf081CCKIsLuXMbHnA1mGjIJ3ZcA7W+YIx:EzfN+WDvtJuMyrQrs85KIRGsmrZcA6+z

Entry address:
0x323F

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 27, 7A, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, E4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

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