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driverrestore_es.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_es.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.driverrestore.com.
Publisher:
383 Media, Inc.  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Driver Restore

Version:
2.5.6.0

MD5:
52b3d34834991d72b48c1e6d564e8f4f

SHA-1:
e7dd864f10c662c0cd4bf03debc5facdb5c7c0ba

SHA-256:
8e92b202835dc98ada8dba78fcd7306c6c68d0b4a6e9b10f8b07cb01d59f6da5

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 '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:
4/18/2024 12:49:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.16.23

File size:
7.4 MB (7,771,304 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.6.0

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}\appdata\local\temp\driverrestore_es.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/27/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/18/2018 6:59:59 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:
22AA79DFC593B122228F38161FC4414F

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:CfCsqS84/fWS5I4F3rvCtIyYI6TunxXI/RsfojXi4KD:cqH4/f1J26yxV+XipD

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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Entropy:
7.9997

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download.driverrestore.com/dr2/ayiymeedio/dr2.5.6/.../DriverRestore.exe

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