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Driver Whiz

1NSTALL (383 MEDIA, INC.)

The application driverwhiz.exe by 1NSTALL (383 MEDIA, 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 download.driverwhiz.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address https-178-79-242-128.fra.llnw.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
383 Media, Inc.  (signed by 1NSTALL (383 MEDIA, INC.))

Product:
Driver Whiz

Version:
1.0

MD5:
c5de4e76c87e73929a3e5fbff2ee0c2b

SHA-1:
f06081eda7ff0f8a2369d4acecde631b026217d6

SHA-256:
cafaf819f041d5a525f052e47015f99ec7d461bf5fc72ff67a6eec074529228f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:35:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.K
14.8.6.9

File size:
6.7 MB (7,032,928 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

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

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

Original file name:
DriverWhizSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
1NSTALL (383 MEDIA, INC.)

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/31/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="1NSTALL (383 MEDIA, INC.)", O="1NSTALL (383 MEDIA, INC.)", L=Pleasanton, S=California, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=C3341789, 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, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
059C2A47830CA2BB198B8CCF1DFBBA93

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:Nm7KyyKXzjvnzUAFi0zk2rBuFxt05c3wNZTmBE98GV:w7KZKnnzUAFdztext05cSOE9X

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 driverwhiz.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.driverwhiz.com/dw2/dwinternal2/.../Driverwhiz.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to https-178-79-242-128.fra.llnw.net  (178.79.242.128:80)

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