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DriverDetective.exe

Driver Detective

PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

The application DriverDetective.exe by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from device-driver.org and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP  (signed by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC)

Product:
Driver Detective

Version:
9.1.4.65

MD5:
7b6464a82b77caf891e5022a0c417636

SHA-1:
75af55223fa4317858048d980eba3e87456098cb

SHA-256:
d59fa96964d6361a50ddc89ca5cade1dcea96d0398514cab380ec0832daa7841

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:49:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCDriverHQ.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.16

File size:
322.3 KB (330,072 bytes)

Product version:
9.1.4.65

Copyright:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP

Original file name:
DriverDetective.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/31/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", L=Austin, S=Texas, 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:
232416539390C43928675201CA23CB3F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/6/2014 11:40:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:eAsBZ+rjTl4QZ7mGX8ATC2xxix1Xpa3T/dvIyQ3bx03oBlUbdMBj:N3TF7mGXbe23ix1A3ReCoXmdC

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, B8, 37, 42, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 04, 37, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B8, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 00, 2F, 42, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.7896

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file DriverDetective.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpsspinst2TH1Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpojproFI1HPOfficejetpro&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpinst2FI2Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpsspins3FI2Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpoj1inst2D1HPOfficejet&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpins6DD1Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpinst2DD1Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=canprtbrFI2printer&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=deprtxxxDD1prt&src=b

http://device-driver.org/.../toshiba-drivers.php?tid=TosSupxsspFI2Toshiba&src=b&ta=5093740477&kw=14929847503

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=epstyxxxsspD1epstylus&src=b

http://device-driver.org/.../acer-drivers.php?tid=acerdvdsspFI2acr&src=b&ta=7668010547&kw=14805629418

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=winst5FI2w8&src=b

http://device-driver.org/.../acer-drivers.php?tid=acrasp5xxFI2acr&src=b&ta=2317088900&kw=14801586514

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=bhpsmDD1Photosmart&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpprtins5FI2Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpoj1inst2FI2HPOfficejet&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpprtins4FI2Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpins9FI2Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=de7f001Drivers&src=b

http://device-driver.org/.../dell-drivers.php?tid=dellFI2dell&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=canbrinst3DD1pixma&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=atiinst4FI2ATI&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=canpixmabrf001Drivers&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpinst1D1Hewlett&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=smgprtscxbrFI2scx&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpojFI1HPOfficejet&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=braFI2Realaud&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=belksspFI2belkin&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpsupDD1hpsupport&src=b

Latest 30 of 134 download URLs

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