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happywheels_installer.exe

Geryon Ads S.L.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application happywheels_installer.exe by Geryon Ads S.L 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 downloader.so.
Publisher:
Geryon Ads S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1dea744249b079a2dffb1525e706b480

SHA-1:
ad81b90ceb840f38e0bd15a118b9225a34c87f34

SHA-256:
3f8eecae6fb56b319021ed6a40bc47f317e9cce02d3ad20474ad6bff142c7360

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:
11/23/2024 8:08:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.9.12.21

File size:
758.2 KB (776,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Geryon Ads S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/15/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/16/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Geryon Ads S.L., OU=IT, O=Geryon Ads S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
71F910550D2DD2713679787B12FF2EA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6lvpxCzG964rFwsfwdtVR5S5+ljLQko2hJvuNgXbqrjfRAdoNtYhtKgZ2b2f:6lvD5ocmMIt75S8lDo2hJG1rTRxNChtl

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:
7.8905

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://downloader.so/.../happywheels.php

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