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driverassist-setup.exe

DriverAssist

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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.driverassist.com.
Publisher:
SafeBytes Software Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
DriverAssist

Version:
1.8.0.36

MD5:
ad5c806692ca33e3333fff272690941f

SHA-1:
460b81146812228c480ed04b0fea3bf6a3cd1efe

SHA-256:
2cc544c7b122dcd6351a10ed04dfedf603c1452fc55778f0aef3e2342634b3b5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 11:04:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.6.16.19

File size:
1 MB (1,061,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.8.0.36

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2016 SafeBytes Software Inc.

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2016 SafeBytes Software Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\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:
12/25/2013 5:03:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lTraKQm0yyKNbf2/eefmpR2xs4YVaSnYKnG8:lvaKQm0VK4/eefI8YVUKG8

Entry address:
0x355D

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 10, A8, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 2C, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 14, 81, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 98, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 08, 43, 00, E8, 72, 30, 00, 00, A3, 44, 08, 43, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 60, A0, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 81, 40, 00, 68, 00, A8, 40, 00, 68, 40, 00, 43, 00, E8, 6F, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 81, 40, 00, BD, 00, 60, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 5D, 2B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9809

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 bytes)

The file driverassist-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.driverassist.com/.../DriverAssist-Setup.exe

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