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 29 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b128dad6c959478d23662adfc37c34d7

SHA-1:
58d4361039ab9c8e3844bb303aaaee640463b037

SHA-256:
2ae7affccdd5bf5b55b6d5b3aa8df4f51467b57a3d9d434688b9851283c427c4

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
12/25/2024 5:48:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.652889
969

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen2
7.11.154.68

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-T [PUP]
140608-0

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic_r.HZ
2014.0.3955

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.Generic.652889
1.0.20.805

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.D
18505

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1827
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.652889
8.14.06.10.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.AT potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

F-Secure
Adware:W32/DomaIQ
11.2014-10-06_3

G Data
Dropped:Adware.Generic.652889
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.DomaIQ
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712358

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lollipop
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.06.10.09

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ!B128DAD6C959
5600.7103

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.Generic.652889
15.0.0.483

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DomaIQ.crviun
0.28.0.60253

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.Generic.652889
14.06.10.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.06.10.09

Quick Heal
Adware.Domal.A5
6.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TUGUUSL.F
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.DomaIQ!1.9EEB
23.00.65.14608

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Downware.DomaIQ
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
30086

File size:
459.9 KB (470,944 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2013 12:24:02 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 12:24:02 PM

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:
2776B257979F9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/23/2013 11:43:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:BXP2VguYIgrGRq6tHPbhpDEOb59H7wsh2iESrhtiJg3BGVP0SLDFEpojsJPYo:5kgrL6tAOb7H7jcSrDiWGVMUEpojsJD

Entry address:
0xD685

Entry point:
E8, 34, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C8, 53, 42, 00, E8, 2D, 04, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 50, B8, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 1F, 65, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 26, 6D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 39, 04, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 1A, 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, 00, 42, 00, 83, 3D, 14, B5, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, DA, 5B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4150

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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