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driverrestore.exe

Driver Restore

Secure Installer Inc

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 application driverrestore.exe by Secure Installer Inc 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.driverrestore.com.
Publisher:
383 Media, Inc.  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Driver Restore

Version:
2.5.0.0

MD5:
0e61d43d5b841a4b53ce0fc520cd1bcc

SHA-1:
718cac5a83b5f69e401372f05931cf108503c4aa

SHA-256:
e69b221ee526967fea712d3dbda7b6025f5cd7a8a8a6f3883b085891b357b41f

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:
5/11/2025 1:29:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.11.17.18

File size:
7.8 MB (8,180,688 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 383 Media, Inc.

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 383 Media, Inc.

Original file name:
DriverRestoreSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
11/6/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/7/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Secure Installer Inc, O=Secure Installer Inc, L=Pleasanton, S=California, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=C3712890, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=California, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

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

Serial number:
2D22C5F63B1EEA2D802C435A5D079FDE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 6:01:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:MfkX1FzaqogV19DsNetsH36uqT49826pVj1Qj7v:3XHj00tsH36FTcH6j8v

Entry address:
0x3219

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, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file driverrestore.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.driverrestore.com/dr2/plreadimp/dr2.5.4/.../DriverRestore.exe

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