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DriverDetective.exe

Driver Detective

PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

The application DriverDetective.exe by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC 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 RevenueWire's affiliate distribution platform webllinks.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP  (signed by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC)

Product:
Driver Detective

Version:
10.1.2.51

MD5:
7a290055d963ecf535ad5f6e4083b9f7

SHA-1:
03329dcb3ba38b2db75c349c975a9846292367b5

SHA-256:
0965b771b2f36d60c22300c54dcb4fd6139c7a4827a1a2677425283f38ac8d9f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:36:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCDriverHQ.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.16

File size:
341.6 KB (349,824 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.2.51

Copyright:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP

Original file name:
DriverDetective.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/9/2019 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", O="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", L=Austin, S=Texas, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=160078500, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Texas, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

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

Serial number:
7D81783CDFC41FF7C4DA6D061A3840D4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 1:40:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:qAsBZyrfr2CKKcfnsfnq2NfV8xjZYjf+GbXVeY4CXs3l5YOInSxauo/Pfc2q80V:RDrzFHN9+Yjfhl1XsV5YSdoXfc2qHV

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, B8, 37, 42, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 04, 37, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B8, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 00, 2F, 42, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file DriverDetective.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://webllinks.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/driver-detect/.../

http://cdn.driversupport.com/builds/v10/nsis/.../DriverDetective.exe

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