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Setup.exe

Happy Wheels

Download Helper

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The file Setup.exe by Download Helper 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
DownloadHelperComondo  (signed by Download Helper)

Product:
Happy Wheels

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
c5f7756ce6173f4ec5a3c1a5199ba291

SHA-1:
05a11a076919f9e547bb5df8228f7577c76e37d7

SHA-256:
0446c88c78afa0266c67c22bac1f97a0298d5e8277e9281e7277f7ea373ea447

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:
11/27/2024 8:37:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.15.10

File size:
845.1 KB (865,360 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.88

Copyright:
(c) DownloadHelperComondo

Original file name:
HappyWheels.exe

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/2/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, STREET=308-536 Herald St, L=Victoria, S=BC, PostalCode=V8W1S6, C=CA

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

Serial number:
00949A93C26C8C58A2B94E6A2870C8C9F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2015 9:30:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0606

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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