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happywheels_game_downloader.exe

Hata

File Validated

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, “Hata Setup ” by File Validated 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.
Publisher:
Nis   (signed by File Validated)

Product:
Hata

Description:
Hata Setup

MD5:
c689178b7390fcde5c2c51d94ad29e6b

SHA-1:
3fdc3207de1cda6bde7d5dcebbc48ac874b7f58f

SHA-256:
d6cd0bfc19fb988993680c1c77c5ae29e206ae3682379c70d348f92de0f08419

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:
1/15/2025 2:36:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix.FileVali.Installer (M)
16.3.9.13

File size:
1 MB (1,094,232 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.9

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Validated

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2016 1:33:01 AM

Valid to:
2/2/2017 1:33:01 AM

Subject:
CN=File Validated, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112127B04ABA745F034A3BB2B235BBD0A1E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:J4WAxCGMH40LR+AgKoyiXByynmCywV+/zhwbWDRxwAbNTg5:J4XCDe9Vhw93wVkxHB

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8769

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file happywheels_game_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.headbestcentral.com/c?x=bo9bCYafcyB7ndz0rFx6u/EG8q4v9dNjatP2YbSSiw0=&c=hF AQuBHHQoPm5y/Y/E7Ke0IqMkYJagRm37oosi4OtOWfCONGbNyxQ3l0B3WXz9Q399DA2Pty PA06SiupId6EGG0gZHzxJ516yMvewkfx9VE0UG1AJmEVo3wdYuo/M5&downloadAs=HappyWheels_Game_Downloader.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

http://www.repositorycapitaltours.com/c?x=ZydcO5VobmelTL KldJmNZYZyMiMTbiS2fzopd9efTs=&c=wuf2PsaLJ5OedETdmGVGSJMk0XaEjMKce6cQS24XkPcue4VMyITMXN3dXz0QUibrhcM3Xh/gAQcACNlCa7aLLe5PhW9hmS3FNtbmzeX6PZuzBUUTonEdHhztB652Ee/z&downloadAs=HappyWheels_Game_Downloader.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

http://www.headbestcentral.com/c?x=8GVCKmuqw8SiuMpyI5/kto7UvF1PXLRS4OXfuWh/iIU=&c=/am20l0BWkaqfdIuhcg7Rug4U2O7MgFpDTVwoV80ni0ifhYcPKavhPASdxXmKR2HrCysdX0d0aCT1BVAUjJBUZPwlD2SP46L1LDJEzhqM viYollJEVK6hGa0rgdlMSS&downloadAs=HappyWheels_Game_Downloader.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

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