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happywheels-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application happywheels-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.softreviews.co and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4b4b7e380f828b45b9c296f897e1f9cb

SHA-1:
8b4c489c1fb90d42a5c2fce2d78b2c114c5973b9

SHA-256:
7a0bd49aca29b51da430d20158ede58144ba19c068085930085e42169417650f

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 4:48:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
14.11.12

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3293

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0316

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.9752

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of browserupdate-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.12.6

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.0.59608

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.R
14.9.14.15

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
28802

File size:
75.8 MB (79,450,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\happywheels-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+pf+co/n5YRJTri+manihhf7EqYgVGHlk+CrP:+zoP27wP7EKDzr

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1432

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file happywheels-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=Google&c=SoftRev_HappyWheels_CCUS_Phrase&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&bc=845369&country=US&cb=-2022668859

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=Google&c=SoftRev_HappyWheels_CCUS_Phrase&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&bc=845369&country=US&cb=1028672192

http://files5.softreviews.co/dl?bc=845369&c=SoftRev_HappyWheels_CCUS_Phrase&geo

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