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DriverAssist-Setup.exe

SafeBytes Software Inc.

The application driverassist-setup.exe by SafeBytes Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-142-49.iad12.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
SafeBytes Software Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
DriverAssist-Setup.exe

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
234d7a593c2cf066b852953ec813a123

SHA-1:
3469db45686cff56e6dc8ba4ff4066d45b49f3ae

SHA-256:
9ddb5cac7a4a540d7053e243b70ca42613daf7a89249f28d3ad49888a4202e1a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 7:50:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win64.Generic
16.11.29.22

File size:
2.7 MB (2,845,424 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © SafeBytes 2016

Original file name:
GenericSkinnedInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\driverassist\install\driverassist-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SafeBytes Software Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/22/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/11/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SafeBytes Software Inc., O=SafeBytes Software Inc., L=Mascouche, S=Quebec, C=CA, SERIALNUMBER=8678359, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
246A1D5D12699D0EB7FE724D899B4CFC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/29/2016 2:25:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:X5aHL6OUmAktpev7qRGziS4RowzhntHZGsdd1tu/JWj2K52:paHLbt/2S2

Entry address:
0x2B01E2

Entry point:
4D, 5A, 90, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, 00, 00, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0E, 1F, BA, 0E, 00, B4, 09, CD, 21, B8, 01, 4C, CD, 21, 54, 68, 69, 73, 20, 70, 72, 6F, 67, 72, 61, 6D, 20, 63, 61, 6E, 6E, 6F, 74, 20, 62, 65, 20, 72, 75, 6E, 20, 69, 6E, 20, 44, 4F, 53, 20, 6D, 6F, 64, 65, 2E, 0D, 0D, 0A, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3169

Code size:
2.7 MB (2,810,880 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-142-49.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.49:80)

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