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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 laura1988.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP  (signed by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC)

Product:
Driver Detective

Version:
10.0.0.33

MD5:
d8ccdbf4c7cbd0d742baf6c12981e940

SHA-1:
987359aba5fbe70d33abdb8348a7191d4058b3bc

SHA-256:
2bd7bd0dd14619fd90612f9b8d81ed07ad438ec92c900676e2eb6e0d0cce0741

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 7:21:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
331.7 KB (339,672 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.0.33

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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/1/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/1/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC", L=Austin, S=Texas, 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:
232416539390C43928675201CA23CB3F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 5:40:10 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MMMYNXqBBorvziLgViks1tbb0ILfRCKRYEOvd3sWjgcj8iVN85akv9ws/wNw6CdA:4nozzQQVMPCKRYTjgcj848xv9ws/wKE

Entry address:
0x30B6

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 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, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 52, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 40, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.7924

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 31 URLs.

http://laura1988.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download

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

http://ztrk.info/.../base2.php

http://deasy.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download

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

http://www.woodbury-guild.com/driverdetectivedownload

http://3ddriver.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?id33des1

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

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

http://www.driver-fix.com/downloadnow3.php?t=33Drivers For Gforce

http://llinks.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download

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

http://www.driverdetectivetool.com/free-scan

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

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

http://updated1.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?id1&tid=1

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

http://www.driver-index.com/.../download.php

http://www.driverdetective.ca/download

http://www.pcdriverdoctor.com/newdownload

http://updated1.pcdriversheadqu.safecart.com/.../download?id1&tid=1top

http://updated1.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?id1&tid=1top

http://uyc.pcdriversheadqu.safecart.com/.../download?id45des2

http://uyc.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?id45des2

http://hdsecure.pcdriversheadqu.safecart.com/.../download?id41dev2

http://nvwa.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download

http://hdsecure.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?id41dev1

http://finddrivers.org/.../download

http://bestofffr.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?17596156

http://hdsecure.pcdriversheadqu.revenuewire.net/.../download?id41dev2

Latest 30 of 31 download URLs

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