winrar.exe

Tuguu S.L.

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 winrar.exe by Tuguu S.L has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the TUGUU DomaIQ Setup installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Tuguu S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ab23d293e4967be539c3e5965f80eb7c

SHA-1:
013a6b5aa38a995e9b7a93511fefdae6817484a9

SHA-256:
b59c54d9e6bde65d9a5f354157715da9216d85ca5cdd2de31327e8fe1ccdbf4b

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
12/26/2024 1:14:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DomaIQ
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/DomaIQ.Gen
7.11.134.24

avast!
Win32:DomaIQ-BG [PUP]
2014.9-140228

AVG
DomaIQ_r.E
2015.0.3549

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader9.28783
9.0.1.059

ESET NOD32
Win32/DomaIQ.BA (variant)
8.9486

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
14.0.0.4241

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomalQ
v2014.02.28.07

McAfee
Artemis!50D7A4DA5F1A
5600.7205

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.02.28.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TuguuSL.G
14.8.7.18

Sophos
Generic PUA EE
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
26946

File size:
373 KB (381,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
TUGUU DomaIQ Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2013 6:56:54 AM

Valid to:
12/9/2014 6:56:54 AM

Subject:
CN=Tuguu S.L., O=Tuguu S.L., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B49CE87BAE8BE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2014 8:26:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:rGkORa/mgnQXgZG9PvK6pu4Dx0DrQlqK3BvN+Vz1dbroBjQmafsQQRwbreMqYy:vOmmgnQb9K6pVD+QEK3BvN+mjQmafsQC

Entry address:
0x3306

Entry point:
E8, 00, 4B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, CC, 63, 41, 00, FF, 15, 60, 00, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 74, 37, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 5C, 00, 41, 00, 50, E8, 24, 37, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, 28, 2D, 41, 00, E8, AA, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, C3, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 0C, 58, 41, 00, BA, 08, 58, 41, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
6.3736

Code size:
56.5 KB (57,856 bytes)

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

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