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DriverSupport.exe

Driver Support

PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

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

Product:
Driver Support

Version:
10.1.2.34

MD5:
d802ee2a902215110236bc1bd28ef995

SHA-1:
99b335657228bdcb7384f5107a43fd90f8e63225

SHA-256:
b1f87cc0003863d5c6725cbe5c9469e8a7307b4b297bc2a2245241e2088226e0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:10:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCDriverHQ.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.15

File size:
642.3 KB (657,744 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.2.34

Copyright:
PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP

Original file name:
DriverSupport.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC DRIVERS HEADQUARTERS I, INC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/31/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2017 5:59:59 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 10:40:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:JAsBZizRonJ+ZEr4TOAGR0Ro7aW1aryhAmT8klN8b32TIV:qzA+qET1GRd7aAGmIkl6f

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:
6.8001

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file DriverSupport.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

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

http://get.driversupport.com/gppc-ms-v3/clkn/https/secure.driversupport.com/direct/.../driversupport.exe

http://get.driversupport.com/gppc-os-v4b/clkn/https/secure.driversupport.com/direct/.../driversupport.exe

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

http://email.driversupport.com/.../click?upn=FOrFH1GiybIdsM5y1Le018zp03CH59S12KT6mwHT6zF-2FyRECJ9q4fUdSs4SXPHIGozyF3ou7dRl1kSZbdL-2BwYsIoskkXxb8BP2P980VZBec-3D_LY-2B6XRArV6O0JmnqSYYVGkjk2-2F2kPKFqCoZAHof8SPgvhulopwRgxx14IB99pqGn5QImIHBKRiuE0P1STTC9zdhu5SI-2FCdV1iyWOG0UrlER8F4gJHraXv2Hp-2BouLuLJf-2BpH8s-2F5E5ty8CUZr8AIGPkNMeC7IlfTtKy1fKs-2BkEspfw7bSC-2FGURcQJDJXaOTBYcs5SDDpnSHBijIrIg-2FTRCw-3D-3D

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

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

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