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driver_updater.exe

Smart Driver Updater

Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

The application driver_updater.exe by Smart PC Solutions has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from filecdn2.avanquest.com.
Publisher:
Avanquest   (signed by Smart PC Solutions, Inc.)

Product:
Smart Driver Updater

Version:
3.2

MD5:
ba2e310f3cf2f88b804d1578627715c6

SHA-1:
dbe2d2291609b4f49e9ba4e615fba5b5e12dd586

SHA-256:
8621ae2237ac3dd54e0527214d297690fee6462c7b3765a850045dddd0ffec32

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:24:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Smartpcso
2015.0.3375

Dr.Web
Program.Unwanted.54
9.0.1.0233

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.SmartPCSolutions.O
14.8.21.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0820
7.2.233

File size:
2.1 MB (2,246,888 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

Copyright:
Avanquest

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\driver_updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2017 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

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:
74ACA59709CEE75203B2332988708F43

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ValNfKvm0FZP2e6eS07kc2jsL3BD8vt1AxaZ89nF+XK6inXBgJ:06DFX6eb7+03BkzAk6FbRgJ

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9952

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/rw/.../Driver_Updater.exe

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