» happywheels_game_downloader.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

happywheels_game_downloader.exe

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File Verified

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application happywheels_game_downloader.exe, “HappyWheels_Game_Downloader” by File Verified 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 InstallMetrix Software installer.

File name:

Publisher:

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Product:

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Description:

HappyWheels_Game_Downloader

Version:

1.0.0.1

MD5:

d8144478dec2dcdfd83b3b13bf4131dd

SHA-1:

88c1c95c1669c16b420ed8ffa69c5e9e4d0ae766

SHA-256:

6bf80477877204eaab037e7a4012a43ea9cbce88fab5d7642c28e95f9c8788be

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 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:

5/29/2024 8:35:02 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallMetrix (M)

17.3.16.8

File size:

1.8 MB (1,920,640 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.1

Original file name:

installer.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

InstallMetrix Software

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\happywheels_game_downloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

File Verified

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

10/9/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/10/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=File Verified, OU=File Verified, O=File Verified, STREET="660 4th Street, Suite 427", L=San Francisco, S=California, PostalCode=94107, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

3218B54F8331C296189D5EA9E74030ED

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/1/2014 5:07:52 PM

OS version:

6.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

Entry address:

0x120FF0

Entry point:

E8, 36, 83, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, A1, 59, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 42, 06, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 85, F6, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 6D, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 13, E8, EF, 12, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, DC, 89, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 53, 57, 8B, 7D, 10, 85, FF, 74, 14, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 0F, 56, 57, 50, E8, 39, 61, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, EB, 36, FF, 75, 0C, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 07, 18, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 09, E8, AE, 12, 00, 00, 6A, 16, EB, 0C, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 13, E8, A0... 
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Entropy:

6.5009

Code size:

1.3 MB (1,347,072 bytes)

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