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updatemydrivers.exe

SmartTweak Software Ltd

The application updatemydrivers.exe by 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:
SmartTweak Software Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
06407ccc8dab7e31d675aeea9ad8891c

SHA-1:
bb41cc91cb4cdf60fff29dcdb150d78d5a38c69a

SHA-256:
eb1dea8a20201a69de82f5524a48ed04523a811e268253391ed0c5a193869700

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:51:01 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.2.12.9

File size:
4.6 MB (4,818,384 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:
SmartTweak Software Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/9/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/9/2013 12:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6699CC0BE07AF8B99313774639759B1B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2011 8:25:34 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:wTWM7jXMkklSS97xYz+lWyrcYd6wjTcTkH3tddxsI48vv6R3QLfTkafk/XxJINfr:wTWeXMTl77KzMWuQwxoGC3QLVk7IR

Entry address:
0x1C7978

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 9C, 4A, 5C, 00, E8, 27, 17, E4, FF, 8B, 1D, 9C, 6C, 5D, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, 03, 7B, 5C, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, D4, 63, 5D, 00, 8B, 00, E8, C3, 97, FD, FF, 84, C0, 0F, 85, 44, 01, 00, 00, B8, 1C, 7B, 5C, 00, E8, 89, 6A, E4, FF, 84, C0, 74, 0A, B8, 1C, 7B, 5C, 00, E8, FB, 6B, E4, FF, 8B, 03, E8, F0, 03, ED, FF, 8B, 03, B2, 01, E8, 4F, 1F, ED, FF, B2, 01, B8, 3C, 7B, 5C, 00, E8, 4F, DD, E4, FF, 84, C0, 74, 06, 8B, 03, C6, 40, 57, 00, 8B, 0D, 80, 66, 5D, 00, 8B, 03, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.2100

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,860,096 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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