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happy_wheels.exe

Ginopubob

BULLY UNITY LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application happy_wheels.exe, “Ginopubob Setup ” by BULLY UNITY 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bestmetagrab.com.
Publisher:
BULLY UNITY LTD  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ginopubob

Description:
Ginopubob Setup

MD5:
9c82921127e0877a3530566731e95056

SHA-1:
d5e582cacaf45900b5424b28efdc9ba8eb138d26

SHA-256:
409cf6446ed54f6581d2246a2d3a7f7717465305d5df5d0c6eba8f03e22b741a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
6/24/2025 2:03:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.13.3

File size:
1.3 MB (1,369,616 bytes)

Product version:
3.8

Copyright:
Stub Software Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BULLY UNITY LTD

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/9/2016 12:55:02 PM

Valid to:
8/10/2017 12:55:02 PM

Subject:
CN=BULLY UNITY LTD, O=BULLY UNITY LTD, L=Jerusalem, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
60FCAE84E0126FC8F49EC1AD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9789

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.bestmetagrab.com/LppgSzrLcVCYaHoPFNL7ShCvrD1JMESJKA5i9CNRbxWqRgNH yspsgoXszCDviyNeoBgGcXAhWEOdMTBUm8fmS7lWudZf8A9ApiPCBsBIO7PBE9GDjPux9qJl6n_koZd drBAJDYamFHp44o6ya9Cp27IyhwimNL6eX1wXXyg2zpdWZdb1 HV21_7Id5yPhNHGki9l7bz4NKUsvYwl_E01BXMxb nA==-G3YAAES3 X2ddlzSdUrEKCENLAmaceDwVxZQJtOxDAa6sfBQLzgUsRnUNqYBl_wF7EtwSjyeyKdAu39t UzuyRhgjV7EOUHTGBmZ06rPuGGLOQ==

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