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Driver_Genius_Professional_ES_PPC_Search.exe

Driver Genius

Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The application Driver_Genius_Professional_ES_PPC_Search.exe, “Driver Genius Setup ” by Driver Information Technology Co. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from web.avanquest.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Driver-Soft Inc.   (signed by Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.)

Product:
Driver Genius

Description:
Driver Genius Setup

Version:
14.0

MD5:
77257666f3211ca4a1c1fb213aa2173d

SHA-1:
0c79da71357c9eb5fcbd90f32a2037f14958892e

SHA-256:
1705d113c12b53122e8adfeedff7e62a3dc8b33a78be1d42e52ffb4754cb1c57

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:44:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverSoft.DriverIn.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.13.21

File size:
7.6 MB (7,934,744 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_professional_es_ppc_search.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.", L=ChangSha, S=HuNan, C=CN

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:
039E921BDD83DF3B2FAD7270F81427E1

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:Vpw3hU1jlTrgdCznARKUY6DvxVXmHpIFq4/E7C18Mb:o3+rYdC7A8UP2GXE7k8W

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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Entropy:
7.9987

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file Driver_Genius_Professional_ES_PPC_Search.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://web.avanquest.com/download/download.cfm?go=http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/Driver_Genius/.../Driver_Genius_Professional_ES_PPC_Search.exe

http://web.avanquest.com/download/download.cfm?go=http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/ppc/DriverGenius/.../Driver_Genius_Professional_ES_PPC_Search.exe

http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/ppc/DriverGenius/.../Driver_Genius_Professional_ES_PPC_Search.exe

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