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hardwaremanager.exe

LightingSoft AG

The program is a setup application that uses the Self-extracting archive installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from storage.googleapis.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
LightingSoft AG  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e724ba43c88e8bf57f3b13054508124b

SHA-1:
948c1f6cf64cf56e2f482ec9445f480994cbe91c

SHA-256:
f83b400d858929c7eece2ebe2e3c6105bbd9d01153999c6a0a3775e44d4d45dd

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
8/7/2025 6:14:15 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
32.9 MB (34,496,552 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Self-extracting archive

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hardwaremanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LightingSoft AG

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2015 8:35:38 AM

Valid to:
12/9/2018 8:35:38 AM

Subject:
CN=LightingSoft AG, O=LightingSoft AG, L=Meroux, C=FR

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
73AD092E121C4176

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2015 8:00:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:9hsA4rXY2d/eZxulqWDXArjHu47DInLC+p63nlG:9Mrvd/WQqyXAlH2Lz43nlG

Entry address:
0x1D7CB

Entry point:
E8, 85, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 82, FC, FF, FF, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 20, B2, 42, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, E8, 24, FD, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 52, CA, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9996  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

The file hardwaremanager.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://storage.googleapis.com/nicolaudie-us-tools/.../HardwareManager.exe

https://storage.googleapis.com/nicolaudie-eu-tools/.../HardwareManager.exe

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