driverguide_driver_download_1075448.exe

Application Installer

iCentric Corporation

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application driverguide_driver_download_1075448.exe, “Application Installer Setup ” by iCentric 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from members.driverguide.com.
Publisher:
Program Soft   (signed by iCentric Corporation)

Product:
Application Installer

Description:
Application Installer Setup

Version:
5.2.2.2

MD5:
db14ba53c5521fe4b4cbac8419f726f6

SHA-1:
f00e4e66aed5a24ea4ea9e83394ffb55536ab44c

SHA-256:
d55b25fc45b0953b2d864c3ec96483819bf71e4549c60bb9858ac01dcd8bfcc6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 8:44:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.8.10.7

File size:
717 KB (734,200 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.9

Copyright:
Installer Application software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driverguide_driver_download_1075448.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/12/2015 5:45:00 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2016 5:44:59 AM

Subject:
CN=iCentric Corporation, OU=IT, O=iCentric Corporation, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2E7EA3578B751C5935750AFB9AC84F09

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 4:07:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jkOpaQ86m9x22gGePPdsjxq1XswWo5mphlJ2ds2CyLBwEy3Tgd+Z2SGHw:jkOQ8mrFgGe3y0cwIpVusmmD8+CQ

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:
7.8744

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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