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PDE publications

The application driverdownloader.exe by PDE publications has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
PDE publications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
791b1e8ecde25bb6cf226eb8e37d38a4

SHA-1:
00fdb918f65bf6ad905eb25d5a591259f7cf0640

SHA-256:
64ba40688db00c215fb2eff334446b8390ec34ac9365c3c14ccfeac0076a3202

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 1:01:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverDownloader (M)
17.2.16.4

File size:
2.5 MB (2,616,088 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PDE publications

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/4/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
10/1/2017 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PDE publications, O=PDE publications, STREET=15 Elm Park, L=Celbridge, S=Kildare, PostalCode=none, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO SHA-256 Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7FBC47A0AECF3EFBD5257CD79C3CCAA9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/6/2016 8:09:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x117DC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 44, 01, 41, 00, E8, C8, 4D, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, BE, 1E, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 7A, 1E, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 0E, D5, FF, FF, E8, 5D, D0, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, D6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 60, 2E, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, A6, A0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 58, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9785

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65 KB (66,560 bytes)

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