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driver_updater_4009.exe

PC HelpSoft Driver Updater

PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

The executable driver_updater_4009.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn2.pchelpsoft.com.
Publisher:
PC HelpSoft   (signed by PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.)

Product:
PC HelpSoft Driver Updater

Version:
4.0

MD5:
493e5262893c38665d38d4abaadf4bc8

SHA-1:
fb862c306e9183001f68e593b7d47668018d75d6

SHA-256:
aab87ac5955e88241415af31b2994b8ec1435f4281389fda66fdd248c81f3cad

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:55:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Optional.PCHelpSoft (L)
16.7.26.0

File size:
2.5 MB (2,594,824 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

Copyright:
PC HelpSoft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driver_updater_4009.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/18/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/18/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., O=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
485A742C495AC7B8FFE0522A54CD1699

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/6/2016 7:39:04 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:l3r1BJjdMcHiZHUsW18H812/0061yIU778f6L6bUrhH:FJBvMUiZj6B06oIU26LiY9

Entry address:
0x117DC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 44, 01, 41, 00, E8, C8, 4D, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, BE, 1E, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 7A, 1E, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 0E, D5, FF, FF, E8, 5D, D0, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, D6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 60, 2E, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, A6, A0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 58, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9781

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65 KB (66,560 bytes)

The file driver_updater_4009.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../Driver_Updater_4009.exe

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