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adusetup_ashampoo.exe

Advanced Driver Updater

Systweak Software

The application adusetup_ashampoo.exe by Systweak 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including MANN-FILTER Catalog Europa (Offline) by MANN-FILTER and Advanced Driver Updater by Systweak Inc. The file has been seen being downloaded from systweak.s3.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

Systweak Inc (signed by Systweak Software)

Product:

Advanced Driver Updater

Version:

Advanced Driver Upda

MD5:

f82be065bc9af68ffcdc14d01dff81dc

SHA-1:

8a3da8fb53582a141fa6e789414ff85925fcb49b

SHA-256:

7fc79cf72ef768c90141c091feb0824813cd8ac1dd482d7287084872d10e8bb2

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

While this is not malware, it is typically included with a bundled installation that might have been installed with minimal user consent and may present unwanted warnings and popups.

Analysis date:

1/13/2025 4:22:37 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Systweak.Installer.Meta (L)

16.6.9.19

File size:

3.5 MB (3,672,992 bytes)

Product version:

2.1.1086.15131

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Inno Setup

Common path:

C:\Program Files\adusetup_ashampoo.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Systweak Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/12/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

10/13/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Systweak Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Systweak Software, L=Jaipur, S=Rajasthan, C=IN

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

59F8D19475E75F9338DF32A94183402F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/9/2012 3:41:29 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:2pB154KNQpJmHxnnFV13YOyI/b/60ULhZ/2dNL:mtWsnGOyYC0khZ/2dNL

Entry address:

0x16478

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B8, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 56, EC, FF, FF, E8, FD, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, E8, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The file adusetup_ashampoo.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Advanced Driver Updater by Systweak Inc

Distributed under the alias The Phone Support Pvt. Ltd., this is a driver update software which checks for new available drivers on the user's PC. If ADU is an evaluation or trial version, it may contain limited functionality.

www.systweak.com/adu

55% remove it

MANN-FILTER Catalog Europa (Offline) by MANN-FILTER

About 1% of users remove it

The file adusetup_ashampoo.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://systweak.s3.amazonaws.com/.../adusetup_ashampoo.exe

http://www.ashampoo.com/systweak_advanced_driver_updater_setup.exe

http://rss2search.com/protect/ignore2.php?match=safedownloads.co/&site=http://lmw.safedownloads.co/downloads/.../adusetup_ashampoo.exe

http://cloudfront.systweak.com/.../adusetup_ashampoo.exe

http://lmw.safedownloads.co/downloads/.../adusetup_ashampoo.exe

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