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hardware-helper-14.exe

Hardware Helper

Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The application hardware-helper-14.exe, “Hardware Helper Setup ” by Driver Information Technology Co. 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.upclick.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Driver-Soft Inc.   (signed by Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.)

Product:
Hardware Helper

Description:
Hardware Helper Setup

Version:
14.0

MD5:
3f7e75470d2371b795e91bee077ced08

SHA-1:
d859e4fad54bc4ed26f69b170b5ed44c0c609ed6

SHA-256:
528c70515b80e15c9d752307c6cf600da0ac47bde99346d704056c8b36a2288d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:09:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverSoft.DriverIn.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.13.21

File size:
7.7 MB (8,082,016 bytes)

Product version:
14.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2002-2014 Driver-Soft Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/22/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.", L=ChangSha, S=HuNan, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
039E921BDD83DF3B2FAD7270F81427E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:Kqqy7ZHQGuXwdDKJlLuAVX0DAb3xRIfSeDPTSTzntK7eCCh3:/QGLDWlvVX0DAb3xR9XzntN

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9988

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file hardware-helper-14.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://downloads.upclick.com/Publishers/.../3dbb1d37-f7b9-4198-964f-63176ce3ad37_Hardware_Helper14.exe

http://utilities.pchelpsoft.com/HS?a=ENX7CqlcEyGc8SA9MKJffc7nGHxKLfzKFfcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HhdDbGVEg

http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-14.exe

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