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DriverAssist.exe

SafeBytes Software Inc.

The application DriverAssist.exe by SafeBytes Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
SafeBytes Software Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
3.0.0.6

MD5:
839f9ec9888b6c635fe9ab597de4867f

SHA-1:
07f8ec044051a8d8b6207fd60b46e5e72f0ccd40

SHA-256:
a5ac2f1d4de889f7a43f1e1828df0501156a4da70c7d484a5fb21e8d3c25c22a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 10:59:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.11.29.22

File size:
11.4 MB (11,903,216 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.

Original file name:
DriverAssist.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\driverassist\driverassist.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SafeBytes Software Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/21/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2017 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SafeBytes Software Inc., O=SafeBytes Software Inc., L=Mascouche, S=Quebec, C=CA, SERIALNUMBER=8678359, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
246A1D5D12699D0EB7FE724D899B4CFC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/29/2016 7:10:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:wkasrYpM5OMvi9lXOdBZbUaIGPUuFe4Moa6MR8x4XK9uiub9lo87fVqpR8:PFrZ5OMq9l+7qdGvFe486s8aXKJKlo8x

Entry address:
0xB57506

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 85, 00, 00, 00, 48, 75, B5, 00, 48, 57, B5, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, A8, E3, 37, 54, 1C, 6A, DB, 45, B5, 5C, A5, 45, 15, A6, 1D, 96, 01, 00, 00, 00, 5A, 3A, 5C, 42, 32, 5C, 52, 5C, 74, 65, 6D, 70, 44, 52, 49, 56, 42, 75, 69, 6C, 64, 2D, 32, 30, 31, 36, 31, 31, 32, 39, 30, 36, 30, 30, 33, 32, 5C, 53...
 
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Entropy:
7.0574

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
11.3 MB (11,884,032 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
DriverAssist.AutoScheduledFirstWeek

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:
Starts when user logs on.


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-142-51.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.51:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-7-139-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.7.139.27:80)

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