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updatemydrivers.exe

Ltd. SmartTweak Software

The application updatemydrivers.exe by Ltd. SmartTweak Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘UpdateMyDrivers’. This file is typically installed with the program UpdateMyDrivers by SmartTweak Software.
Publisher:
Ltd. SmartTweak Software  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f42f7a69fb5d7862f3f11fa4d86cbd9b

SHA-1:
a59c52ed360efd69b3969ed1648cd15c60483d71

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:09:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmartTweak.Optional.Meta (L)
15.12.30.1

File size:
4.1 MB (4,280,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarttweak software\updatemydrivers\updatemydrivers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ltd. SmartTweak Software

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
5/5/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2011 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ltd. SmartTweak Software, OU=IT, O=Ltd. SmartTweak Software, L=Rostov-on-Don, S=Rostov-on-Don, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
5A23A85D8B3ABFB1EAB925F5C0AFB814

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2010 12:55:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:s5SeFE6Ljs2f74TDXTgFKuI4868pFJv3QLfTEafk/XxJ8PPPPPP82frC:skee6XvffLGN53QLVk7dcC

Entry address:
0x1A544C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 98, 36, 5A, 00, E8, 17, 3C, E6, FF, 8B, 1D, C0, 3E, 5B, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 55, 5A, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, F8, 36, 5B, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 13, 30, FE, FF, 84, C0, 0F, 85, 0B, 01, 00, 00, B8, B8, 55, 5A, 00, E8, B9, 8A, E6, FF, 84, C0, 74, 0A, B8, B8, 55, 5A, 00, E8, 2B, 8C, E6, FF, 8B, 03, E8, A8, 19, EF, FF, 8B, 03, B2, 01, E8, 07, 35, EF, FF, B2, 01, B8, D8, 55, 5A, 00, E8, DF, FC, E6, FF, 84, C0, 74, 06, 8B, 03, C6, 40, 57, 00, 8B, 0D, 40, 39, 5B, 00, 8B, 03, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.2298

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,721,856 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
UpdateMyDrivers

Command:
C:\Program Files\smarttweak software\updatemydrivers\updatemydrivers.exe \ot \as \ss


The file updatemydrivers.exe has been discovered within the following program.

UpdateMyDrivers  by SmartTweak Software
Publisher's description - “Keep drivers up to date automatically with UpdateMyDrivers. Recognizing more than a million hardware devices, UpdateMyDrivers keeps your system always up to date, guaranteeing the best performance and reliability to your Windows 7, Vista or XP PC completely automatically.”
www.smarttweak.us
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