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DriverSupport.exe

Driver Support

PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

The application DriverSupport.exe by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from email.driversupport.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP  (signed by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC)

Product:
Driver Support

Version:
10.1.2.51

MD5:
0a2692d1348ca53fa1edc0355f7ba848

SHA-1:
695e5b25ed01d218b05517721ade421c459d6469

SHA-256:
8bda3d7fe4ffb01e965899534f2c02518e4b10bd5f8d39b450ba8d4c7f35b0bc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 12:21:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCDriverHQ.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.15

File size:
651.8 KB (667,432 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.2.51

Copyright:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP

Original file name:
DriverSupport.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\low\content.ie5\{random}\driversupport.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/9/2019 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", O="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", L=Austin, S=Texas, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=160078500, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Texas, 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:
7D81783CDFC41FF7C4DA6D061A3840D4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 12:40:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ZAsBZzI1YWv265vKQWokKNDwqAwJGnzm7mbQmTviAftKVJwPEQts:rIy6i3okWDwzwdmDiAf0v2Eis

Entry address:
0x3217

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, 09, A3, B8, 37, 42, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 04, 37, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B8, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 00, 2F, 42, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
6.8264

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file DriverSupport.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://email.driversupport.com/.../click?upn=FOrFH1GiybIdsM5y1Le018zp03CH59S12KT6mwHT6zF-2FyRECJ9q4fUdSs4SXPHIGmPVo3rwvNm9stUq-2FFGUbBPQk74K0IV-2By-2FpCSDVip34Y-3D_4oafkV7YHKBRx-2FcWUoHhqWXBsuRX3kvVErcSqJ4ttyaKJmLAmDSRGwUVgqocLH4WP1Z25rsHtH-2Fw2TiLnor9GEfar7yUn6ZfQFU5zFLg65ijgg27O4GM9ALzoV1QTZO2asUURMhqJsObCA6YmMfJl7pRf3AAMiCyX-2B0PON1mt6gCYdb4udrnK-2B-2FJ6Fh-2B8SPZTAd-2BYAGriqtownojlAclAQ-3D-3D

https://secure.driversupport.com/direct/.../driversupport.exe

http://cdn.driversupport.com/builds/v10/nsis/.../DriverSupport.exe

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