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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 email.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:
7289c99b68e0c1f72ec0b506ceddd650

SHA-1:
a446aaf91696fe370d969e27cc4b19018bf23cf3

SHA-256:
781b19189703004fc5bff3be20a2a78c9c69a8becf821ca579bc9d6e76273e93

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 7:24:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
642.4 KB (657,768 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2017 7:59:59 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:
10/7/2014 12:40:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:tAsBZiSI8JDYxBVWKNJKTY3FdcoBd0Ir7TFCubfGfSG7O7/j9igGAI:eS92xWKNYoFOoBpn9vIO7/X2

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:
6.8005

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.

http://email.driversupport.com/.../click?upn=FOrFH1GiybIdsM5y1Le018zp03CH59S12KT6mwHT6zF-2FyRECJ9q4fUdSs4SXPHIGmPVo3rwvNm9stUq-2FFGUbBPQk74K0IV-2By-2FpCSDVip34Y-3D_jIGLPn6IayxNl5nS8d6Ya-2BypUDIJrLv-2BJ46lO8yNkQvd9HaDaLGlsAZrmgIsl2woO8kSt7zcX-2FFDsFJ0p5008GsCazfNAKYrob-2Bs65ck-2F0zIqW-2Fnd6qwMeQwgxxqznonIIaSOhGT2Iqy9t0JHLSy7rXJOZh-2FOMRiyIrt98bm2BQcJWBn7vj-2BhGBKlVVmQIru-2FWrKuGRg9n0oE48niJ7SKw-3D-3D

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

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

http://get.driversupport.com/ao-lander-barium-new/clkn/https/secure.driversupport.com/direct/.../driversupport.exe

http://www.driverupdate.net/init_dl.php?upl=YTo1OntzOjk6InVsX3N0dWJpZCI7czozNjoiZDMwMWJkY2QtYTI4YS00YWQ5LWI1MWMtMTVmYjZjM2QyMjQ5IjtzOjEwOiJ1bF9jb2JyYW5kIjtzOjM6IlNXMiI7czoxMToidWxfY2FtcGFpZ24iO3M6NjoieGRtMjUwIjtzOjg6InVsX3N1YmlkIjtzOjI2OiJDT3ZSMVBhQzFja0NGUW90SHdvZC1xUUQtZyI7czo3OiJwcm9kdWN0IjtzOjM6IlNXMiI7fQ==&p2=^SW2^xdm250

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

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

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