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driver updater.exe

FullUpdater LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application driver updater.exe by FullUpdater has been detected as adware 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
FullUpdater LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bea9bdd0a0f4897dd9c6b85693103dd6

SHA-1:
113650eeeb424254375d562be56ac33a578cb00e

SHA-256:
2f5d3d16a945e36c5e04c14eb7ddc272ccb533f265fd705795bebed7a7662dff

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 7:24:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.10.8

File size:
482.7 KB (494,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driver updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FullUpdater LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/7/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FullUpdater LLC, O=FullUpdater LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7AC845F506BD9D1EF6CC39697DCB8C84

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/23/2015 1:30:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 98, DC, 58, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, ED, EC, 7D, 32, CE, E8, B7, CC, A8, D5, 00, D6, CD, A2, BF, 2C, 65, 45, 72, 83, 44, A3, AA, 40, 9F, 72, FC, C8, 29, 21, 07, D7, 1C, 98, B1, 14, B5, BD, E9, CD, F0, 5F, E7, F7, 3B, 60, FD, E1, 1A, 85, 66, D4, C5, C5, 62, 0D, E3, 18, 15, AA, 6D, 6D, 6C, 78, 80, DB, 55, B7, 83, 72, 7E, 47, DF, D5, 8C, C3, CF, 3B, E0, CF, 6A, 33, 7A, C1, D2, 66, 5A, EC, C5, E4, 86, E3, 74...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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