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DriverUpdate-setup.exe

DriverUpdate

Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.

The application DriverUpdate-setup.exe, “DriverUpdate Setup Wizard” by Slimware Utilities Holdings has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from r.yieldkit.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Slimware Utilities, Inc.  (signed by Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.)

Product:
DriverUpdate

Description:
DriverUpdate Setup Wizard

Version:
2.5.0

MD5:
e4b6fa5cfb77a9db5cd0fc0bc9df669e

SHA-1:
062958b176e0bc37dcabe435c63fc6d3e8c8fcf2

SHA-256:
4e4e3c5359f7fa6b822f34a896ce9c19dfda1d0c9d56787ae8a51dbb8ec4890b

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 2:29:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Rogue.7422928
7.11.30.172

Dr.Web
riskware program Program.Unwanted.417
9.0.1.0328

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.1503
11/24/2015

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DriverUpdate.A
v2015.11.24.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.SlimwareUtilitiesHoldings.Installer
15.11.24.2

Sophos
DriverUpdate - Slimware Util
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Adware.FakeDriverUpdate.gen
3.12.26.3

File size:
939 KB (961,584 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0

Copyright:
Copyright Slimware Utilities, Inc. 2011-2015

Original file name:
DriverUpdate-setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driverupdate-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/22/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2018 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.", O="Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.", L=New York, S=New York, 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:
246BBE812B36C137225497BA8DF178FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/27/2015 9:07:51 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wHwvQ2XK9Vh8j/hKX/tXKTYvnqFo78CcCUKmuui:d4gdK1kYvb8C5R7ui

Entry address:
0x3508F

Entry point:
E8, 8B, 7B, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 85, C0, 74, 12, 83, E8, 08, 81, 38, DD, DD, 00, 00, 75, 07, 50, E8, 66, 0A, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 85, C0, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 75, 63, E8, 7C, 77, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, C8, B5, 46, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, E4, B4, 46, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, 3B, 86, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, E8, B3, 46, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, E4, B4, 46, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 08, E8, DC, 7E, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4241

Code size:
324 KB (331,776 bytes)

The file DriverUpdate-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://r.yieldkit.com/v1/redirect?api_key=235685e9cf237a5c18c05a9834e850e2&site_id=55ba2363e4b0faee62105928&yk_tag=yummmies-us-ch&url=http://.../init_dl.php?upl=YTo2OntzOjk6InVsX3N0dWJpZCI7czozNjoiNmMxMmZhYzQtMzE0ZC00NzExLWJhNTktODczMDQ1NTliZWZkIjtzOjEwOiJ1bF9jb2JyYW5kIjtzOjM6IlNXMiI7czoxMToidWxfY2FtcGFpZ24iO3M6NjoieGRtMTAxIjtzOjEwOiJzd0NhbXBhaWduIjtzOjQ6IjEyOTciO3M6NzoiYWRHcm91cCI7czo1OiIxODY5MCI7czo3OiJwcm9kdWN0IjtzOjM6IlNXMiI7fQ==&partner=1297&s2s=AJrvWg_00ggADToA4okTQf7y8EtLQ5K1mos-4X3ZtgHZBQAAAAA&vurl=18690

http://r.yieldkit.com/v1/redirect?api_key=235685e9cf237a5c18c05a9834e850e2&site_id=55ba2363e4b0faee62105928&yk_tag=yummmies-us-ch&url=http://.../init_dl.php?upl=YTo2OntzOjk6InVsX3N0dWJpZCI7czozNjoiNmMxMmZhYzQtMzE0ZC00NzExLWJhNTktODczMDQ1NTliZWZkIjtzOjEwOiJ1bF9jb2JyYW5kIjtzOjM6IlNXMiI7czoxMToidWxfY2FtcGFpZ24iO3M6NjoieGRtMTAxIjtzOjEwOiJzd0NhbXBhaWduIjtzOjQ6IjEyOTciO3M6NzoiYWRHcm91cCI7czo1OiIxODY5MCI7czo3OiJwcm9kdWN0IjtzOjM6IlNXMiI7fQ==&partner=1297&s2s=AJrvWg_00ggADToA4okTQf7y8EtLQ5K1mos-4X3ZtgHZBQAAAAA&vurl=18690

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