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Driver Genius

Driver-Soft Inc.

The application driver_genius.exe, “Driver Genius Setup ” 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from filecdn2.avanquest.com.
Publisher:
Driver-Soft Inc.

Product:
Driver Genius

Description:
Driver Genius Setup

Version:
14.0

MD5:
d074f7a97c3199a4a1884be2444e1848

SHA-1:
af741d221e2f4726d02759924849c6772f1ee4d2

SHA-256:
2d17310164d88d427c09f7924e65f50bdaf7e87c89ac7448f0a858334014c85c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:10:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverSoft.Installer.Meta (L)
16.7.14.17

File size:
3.8 MB (3,984,155 bytes)

Product version:
14.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2002-2014 Driver-Soft Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:y1UlG13+z/UmMGlkLYmyCJwCtSS5WIVsUuZsO/japvqGewu:TO36U1GlkLDyCJZAcW0fEupaj

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file driver_genius.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/.../Driver_Genius.exe

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