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UpdateStar Drivers

UpdateStar GmbH

The application drivers.exe by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘UpdateStar Drivers’.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
UpdateStar Drivers

Version:
4, 0, 0, 0

MD5:
bf8a9f79b26e4c422f2e41636452aec5

SHA-1:
f85346249f98484bacdc55fdfa0273fd993701ad

SHA-256:
892991881313c652b849570fa55834a4697ef9d19638a86b0a092c3e2294ff68

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 2:19:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.UpdateSt (M)
16.3.28.23

File size:
6.3 MB (6,607,576 bytes)

Product version:
4, 0, 0, 0

Copyright:
UpdateStar Drivers™ is a top-rated PC driver tool that scans your PC for missing, corrupt, and outdated drivers, and then recommends the latest update

Original file name:
drivers.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\updatestar drivers\drivers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
10/20/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2011 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Am Borsigturm 48, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=13507, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
2ACDB74CEA0A72647526F5A80FA98905

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/8/2010 3:02:58 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:zp7HEImobEQyhrh+scxH7mOYcTqgy8+Y1/mjaXfG57aduMRjyWFEbnClIHyi5Ncw:zXX90TQuq6+LiH9ySskh7m+tQjY

Entry address:
0x3C1264

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 03, 07, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, F6, FC, FF, FF, FF, 25, 9C, 4A, 04, 00, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 8B, F2, 48, 8B, D9, F6, C2, 02, 74, 2A, 44, 8B, 41, F8, 4C, 8D, 0D, E8, 08, 00, 00, BA, 18, 00, 00, 00, E8, EE, 02, 00, 00, 40, F6, C6, 01, 74, 09, 48, 8D, 4B, F8, E8, CB, E5, FF, FF, 48, 8D, 43, F8, EB, 16, E8, C4, 08, 00, 00, 40, F6, C6, 01, 74, 08, 48, 8B, CB, E8, B2, E5, FF, FF, 48, 8B, C3, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 38, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F...
 
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Code size:
4 MB (4,209,152 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
UpdateStar Drivers

Command:
C:\Program Files\updatestar drivers\drivers.exe


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