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driver_genius_de.exe

Driver Genius

Driver-Soft Inc.

The application driver_genius_de.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 webtools.treiberaktualisieren.com.
Publisher:
Driver-Soft Inc.

Product:
Driver Genius

Description:
Driver Genius Setup

Version:
14.0

MD5:
06718950964031fd3f82e85a02de8c72

SHA-1:
12db75d9bae3edb0b628d9f9187ce6515c96047f

SHA-256:
5b6bee6502ebb3161972f3d4b36f267c133896d2c38e73c739f995e6e345ee0f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 12:45:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverSoft (L)
16.8.6.20

File size:
8.3 MB (8,713,488 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_de.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:Ypw3hU1jlTrgdCznARKUY6jTSVFm7yj4Bc3PQJEF4A:33+rYdC7A8UHSrmGjWDgv

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_de.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://webtools.treiberaktualisieren.com/download.cfm?tracking=AQ_DE_PP_YSM_SE_DRG_AQDE&keyword=driver scanner&campaignid=Per_Scanner_Treiber&filter={placement}&gclid=&msclkid=f4e0c6527c9b4257822b6d98e8d2a064&mckv=A1p0Kma6|pcrid|1415470425|pkw|driver scanner|pmt|bp&go=http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/ppc/DriverGenius/.../Driver_Genius_DE.exe

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