setup.exe

Tuguu Israel Ltd

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 Israel 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 Israel Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
252a80b4bd53eea80a6e74b5b0d2956f

SHA-1:
adc56c8ace079139396907c3a87f0bcdba3d05a3

SHA-256:
1223c382112c8186207007378aa5ded4497b8d1093a371392865edc703d302c2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software bundles potentially unwanted offers during setup including toolbars and adware.

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:
11/5/2024 9:29:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tuguu (M)
16.7.25.9

File size:
455.1 KB (465,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/12/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/20/2014 3:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu Israel Ltd, O=Tuguu Israel Ltd, L=RAMAT GAN, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
06FD356584CBF71B04A7AFE790A2329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2014 6:21:02 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:2l2wg+LeOFRCOGB6B35Cuhcw+P6kAf4rcwR64e774VTGo7d02OVdBTNwIdtY88:jOFAOGQ55CuhcwA0uvS7sV9d0261jv8

Entry address:
0xC4F8

Entry point:
E8, 0E, 56, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 21, 42, 00, E8, 6E, 09, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 60, 88, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, F9, 57, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 00, 60, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 7A, 09, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, F4, 56, 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, 74, D0, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 14, 84, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 17, 49, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3656

Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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