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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 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.driverrestore.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
383 Media, Inc.  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Driver Restore

Version:
2.5.0.0

MD5:
9f3bb0ac76560e1547580a1fea6c486f

SHA-1:
f34137ea5d16431a57c33cb8edd5c033a88a0fbb

SHA-256:
0bc445b684f2d7ef42760b87c6378c2a94a88247b8e1b89ba86125682b2abc0f

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 2:48:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-59058
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Program.Unwanted.796
9.0.1.0317

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.SecureInstaller.Installer (M)
15.11.13.16

File size:
7.9 MB (8,307,584 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:
11/5/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 9:59:59 PM

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 3:01:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:OrWS36FU3/HK88sDFTBUcP84lRk2bK1idHHWNF:OrV3WmlTbvl2KK1i5HWNF

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 2 URLs.

http://download.driverrestore.com/dr2/rauplsimo/dr2.3/.../DriverRestore.exe

http://download.driverrestore.com/dr2/drinternal2/dr2.5.4/.../DriverRestore.exe

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