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pa_driver-v.exe

Personal Audio Driver

SONY Corporation

This is a setup program which is used to install the application. This is installed with SonicStage 4.3. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.downloadnow.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Sony Corporation   (signed by SONY Corporation)

Product:
Personal Audio Driver

Version:
1.0.21

MD5:
409e6da41e43506575a849a63b5c4f76

SHA-1:
bb2b646365ae7147b45102c8491e10414ed9fb88

SHA-256:
f982ead27434c252bdeaa51c9ad33418f1c02a2aef5958d5b182b463be094cb5

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:50:36 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
1.7 MB (1,808,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.21

Copyright:
Copyright 2004,2005,2006 Sony Corp.

Original file name:
stub32i.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pa_driver-v.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SONY Corporation

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/23/2006 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2007 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SONY Corporation, OU=Personal Audio Company, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SONY Corporation, L=6-7-35 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku, S=Tokyo, C=JP

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
75BBB6BAEFE7B324DE304EF1871899

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/2/2002 8:01:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ZdS2nhr5rDun8XW2YhW2Y0scW2Y4DidiDD0CkT93Qs/cru1v8CLKfMedeUd:Z42R5n0TsT7lT4DidPb93Q2cruVLwMe7

Entry address:
0x8AF7

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 43, 41, 00, 68, F0, C3, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, F0, 41, 41, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 7C, 93, 41, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 78, 93, 41, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 74, 93, 41, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 70, 93, 41, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, 70, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, D1, 36, 00, 00, FF, 15, F4, 41, 41, 00, A3, 4C, BA, 41, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9483

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

The file pa_driver-v.exe has been discovered within the following program.

SonicStage 4.3  by Sony Corporation
Publisher's description - “With SonicStage Mastering Studio you can record songs into your computer via an audio device.”
esupport.sony.com
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The file pa_driver-v.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/41/29/.../PA_DRIVER-V.EXE

http://s02.download.sony.com/LA/.../PA_DRIVER-V.EXE

http://support.sony-asia.com.edgesuite.net/consumer/downloads/electronics/SW/PA/.../PA_Driver.exe

http://s02.download.sony.com/CA/.../PA_DRIVER-V.EXE

http://s02.download.sony.com/US/.../PA_DRIVER-V.EXE

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