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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 device-driver.org and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP  (signed by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC)

Product:
Driver Detective

Version:
10.1.2.34

MD5:
9fa85407489c0650b12d97ebc1750d8e

SHA-1:
9a7bc61875bc06cb5d8585dc7c17ae8f4328d355

SHA-256:
bc9f2eb46dbbcefdd9046e253f638948a00349957beb768725524b11ee7b0b25

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:20:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
332.2 KB (340,200 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.2.34

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:
3/31/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2017 7:59:59 PM

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 12:40:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oAsBZ9rvToBAQUIBdV6+yaZcU6ODX6aT98TEZjbi7WJdYuOUitrjG3a6+Ods:YTTizUIw+yjU6ObXhQq3zqtHG3V+6s

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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Entropy:
7.7990

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 50 URLs.

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpsspFI2Hewlett&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yhpsmFI2Photosmart&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yhpojxxxsspFI2HPOfficejet&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpdeskFI2Deskjet&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=bhpsmD1Photosmart&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=realdwnDD1Realtek&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=sonydwnsspFI2Sony&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=ynvgefsspFI2nvidia&src=y

http://device-driver.org/.../dell-drivers.php?tid=dedwnFI2dell&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=ylgcoFI2lgcord&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpins9f001Drivers&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=ymicdwnDD1Microsoft&src=y&ta=29230050705&kw=289645235023

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yhpojinst2FI2HPOfficejet&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=epsxp310FI2eppxp310&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=winst2FI2w7&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=xperiaFI2xperia&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=asusbrf001Drivers&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yhpojpro86FI2HPOffpro86&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=epsxp410FI1eppxp410&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=bmicLA1Microsoft&src=b&ta=1096707786&kw=4725532924

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=caninst6DD1Device&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yepsprtsspFI2epprt&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=brow10DD1broxx&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yhpsupsspf001Drivers&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=asusdwnbrsspFI2as&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpljpro1102FI2LaserJet&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpprtdwnFI1Hpprint&src=b

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=ysmggal900brFI2Galaxy&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=yhppavsspinst2D1Pavilion&src=y

http://device-driver.org/download-drivers?tid=hpDD1Hewlett&src=b

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