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DriverMax

Innovative Solutions Grup SRL

The application drivermax.exe, “DriverMax Setup ” by Innovative Solutions Grup SRL has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.phanmem.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Innovative Solutions   (signed by Innovative Solutions Grup SRL)

Product:
DriverMax

Description:
DriverMax Setup

MD5:
b1acfe8363b02b9889601c35ae5311bf

SHA-1:
58496839d8f818cd5ab25ad46da9a9270fff2801

SHA-256:
4fb3b5412db4d80b2a8f95ff0dc01195100b215d451d4464220a3830ca3aaab2

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:12:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.9867

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverMax (L)
16.7.16.9

File size:
5 MB (5,287,016 bytes)

Product version:
7.32.0.407

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Innovative Solutions Grup SRL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/10/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Innovative Solutions Grup SRL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Innovative Solutions Grup SRL, L=Bucharest, S=Bucharest, C=RO

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:
61F0BCB4F81FBE0476116752B57E8833

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:0hBF8ePhfiERZgate46cOCTRVM3V+dEr9GbY89g8aQ9IMk:s8eZKEsakCTRQV+d89+/9g8B6Mk

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://download.phanmem.com/download-file/.../

http://small.drivermax.com/soft/.../drivermax.exe

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