happychefes_24679.exe

Setup

Alawar Entertainment Inc

The application happychefes_24679.exe by Alawar Entertainment Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Tarma Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from wp.alawar.com.
Publisher:
Premium  (signed by Alawar Entertainment Inc)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2012.12.16.1522

MD5:
f7104560a348cd9af704c131bf2ba717

SHA-1:
cca754bcab0d378d94a7409625c707e4e506653d

SHA-256:
59fdb7505c0dc16d2557b811d5567dc5ff563d82e44b94f01c05454964b0bfd2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
5/20/2024 1:26:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.AlawarEntertainment.Installer.Meta (M)
16.2.26.18

File size:
303.2 KB (310,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Tarma Installer

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\happychefes_24679.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/18/2011 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/31/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Alawar Entertainment Inc, OU=-, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Alawar Entertainment Inc, L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

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:
650A27A04DBAA9DF0C06DEBBA3983054

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/29/2012 10:03:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Trnr9UarEuMEvjr24HtrxTUGFVENlS8NlY2RKaVUx4vYNPHKD+M/:Trnr9jEsX2utrxAG7ENl/NlNRBVBANPy

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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