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driverupdate-setup.exe

DriverUpdate

Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.

The file driverupdate-setup.exe, “DriverUpdate Setup Wizard” by Slimware Utilities Holdings has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-173-243.fra6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
DriverUpdate

Description:
DriverUpdate Setup Wizard

Version:
2.7.3

MD5:
3ed86dfea9679600c943b98fd63dd746

SHA-1:
245bcdd0b225ffe1d07f9c9fcf315920e877f941

SHA-256:
8521fde4326ce18ca6fe110a2fa57dbfd17d67120f041ffbee4811d255b6dc17

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:56:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SlimWare.Optional (L)
17.2.2.23

File size:
968.5 KB (991,744 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.3

Copyright:
Copyright 2011-2016 Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.

Original file name:
DriverUpdate-setup.exe

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\driverupdate-setup.exe.915tpyf.partial

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/23/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/7/2018 12:59:59 AM

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:
12/2/2016 2:21:30 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x378CE

Entry point:
E8, 1C, 85, 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, 67, 0A, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 85, C0, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 75, 63, E8, 0D, 81, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, 28, 16, 47, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, 44, 15, 47, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, CB, 8F, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 48, 14, 47, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, 44, 15, 47, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 08, E8, 6C, 88, 00...
 
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Code size:
344 KB (352,256 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-173-243.fra6.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.173.243:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-22-228-216.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.22.228.216:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-17-223-81.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.17.223.81:80)

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