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Driver Downloader

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 Limited   (signed by PDE publications)

Product:
Driver Downloader

Version:
4.0

MD5:
e9fa1a4d743fbb502ba3a2bf8b3db937

SHA-1:
40c5ad8b91a09faef70ece3ce567c001aad4bf45

SHA-256:
8b42d73e001729920921acc17de586a564248c60aaa647c31f4b209820a696db

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 12:55:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverDownloader.PDEpubli.Installer.Meta (M)
16.7.7.7

File size:
2.5 MB (2,592,729 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

Copyright:
PDE Publications Limited

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:
10/2/2015 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 RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
635306003859E1A8D5C70B43D7D5C42C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 6:54:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:7DvOIkIC1FbmOSJl/4ncqCGONIxVUA22iwLChkRAiFXlBx/+qvUrmx0f9:958bmDAnZCeOeLZOiFVn+qvUrma9

Entry address:
0x113BC

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, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9792

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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