happy-wheels.exe

Smart Secure Software S.l.

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application happy-wheels.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.filejab.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2f0330b8a074c7fa14b49c6d9105d7ac

SHA-1:
757e2b452bc87566a4b5f72439c80ce21e75e040

SHA-256:
46f7200df5f50ebcea689189f313b16c4b2b14cb09b8e7083e724d78ef91f6a3

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
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:
4/26/2024 1:58:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-140811

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3385

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.0223

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10239

G Data
Win32.Adware.Softpulse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.19.14

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13014

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.7041

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.12.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.M
14.8.11.21

Sophos
Smart Secure Software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,283,832 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\happy-wheels.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., 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:
47353B4EEC0D902A135E20BEE1A66817

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2014 10:37:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FmnoopTIXoZax2DqXQ47xWGY/JXhS6nx3CxLmd:Fmnna4EQ47Y/JRSi0k

Entry address:
0x8850

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 80, 43...
 
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Entropy:
7.6863

Code size:
72.5 KB (74,240 bytes)

The file happy-wheels.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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