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DriverMender.exe

Driver Mender

PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

The application DriverMender.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 drivermend.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP  (signed by PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC)

Product:
Driver Mender

Version:
10.0.0.39

MD5:
47ce837b805ab0a8e7a47b9c389b0b31

SHA-1:
070ed85f145118f914ac61915f2e063ca794790a

SHA-256:
1d43c6ee765223b9801638857da9ded0f76f62f7be305e26826844e87ab9b11c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 2:20:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
366.8 KB (375,568 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.0.39

Copyright:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP

Original file name:
DriverMender.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/31/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2017 4:59:59 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:
10/6/2014 9:40:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zAsBZoXJrqI7MSBCc1rO3a6ni3vVfnpkWLICcQpIiRripYt7eB:+XJrqI75hbTNnpvI72nRuet0

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:
7.3604

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file DriverMender.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=GS-FR:HP

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=GS-US:Toshiba

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=G-::CA-D-TXT:www.fixya.com:42519651488

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=GS-US:ATI

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=GS-FR:Pilotes

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=G-::CA-D-TXT:website.informer.com:42519650768

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=GS-US:Fujitsu

http://drivermend.com/download.php

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=G-US::

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=GS-US:HP

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

https://secure.driversupport.com/direct/.../drivermender.exe

http://drivermend.com/.../download.php?k=G-::

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