driverguide_driver_download_1656619.exe

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_1656619.exe 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.
Publisher:
iCentric Corporation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ebf551c6ccd49c4a1de416d1d7a6f9b7

SHA-1:
ac8d2526cd877cda0d57b4db974ca1c1743d4056

SHA-256:
74a82bf8e2a0aafccd0efc98b63c2173d48eeff0ebc2bc7472329e32570b5426

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 is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:29:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.iCentricCorporation (M)
16.2.2.3

File size:
718.5 KB (735,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driverguide_driver_download_1656619.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/13/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=iCentric Corporation, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=iCentric Corporation, L=Los Angeles, S=California, 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:
660088384739A35B61BF7C738F1345D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6NvpFe8Z+ROC3n6DKCFubQeaNXFiAy1CmJwBiggGmWqso/5AmBOAb8X4:6NvXp6ObDKCaQnNyCezVjhAmBOU5

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:
7.8792

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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