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UpdateStar Drivers

UpdateStar GmbH

The application drivers.exe by UpdateStar GmbH 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 ‘UpdateStar Drivers’.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
UpdateStar Drivers

Version:
7, 0, 0, 0

MD5:
c38da64638b1ade9a0cfc3a6a0539aca

SHA-1:
054bab231dd465a16b30095ddf8cbbe5e4015250

SHA-256:
7a6d1ba4334a16173530f2a0c6bf86b1472b1d39b5351c126ce3c34ec13e99ad

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:24:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.1.20.15

File size:
8.6 MB (9,056,432 bytes)

Product version:
7, 0, 0, 0

Copyright:
UpdateStar Drivers™ is a top-rated PC driver tool that scans your PC for missing, corrupt, and outdated drivers, and then recommends the latest update

Original file name:
drivers.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\updatestar drivers\drivers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/12/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2019 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Gneisenaustr. 44/45, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10961, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00FBADF674BC78E279821FBDF9D937DF06

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 8:47:08 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3C2344

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 03, 07, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, F6, FC, FF, FF, FF, 25, CC, 49, 04, 00, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 8B, F2, 48, 8B, D9, F6, C2, 02, 74, 2A, 44, 8B, 41, F8, 4C, 8D, 0D, E8, 08, 00, 00, BA, 18, 00, 00, 00, E8, EE, 02, 00, 00, 40, F6, C6, 01, 74, 09, 48, 8D, 4B, F8, E8, CB, E5, FF, FF, 48, 8D, 43, F8, EB, 16, E8, C4, 08, 00, 00, 40, F6, C6, 01, 74, 08, 48, 8B, CB, E8, B2, E5, FF, FF, 48, 8B, C3, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 38, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F...
 
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Code size:
4 MB (4,213,760 bytes)

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

Name:
UpdateStar Drivers

Command:
C:\Program Files\updatestar drivers\drivers.exe


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