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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 4 anti-malware scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-52-98.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
SlimWare Utilities, Inc.  (signed by Slimware Utilities Holdings, Inc.)

Product:
DriverUpdate

Description:
DriverUpdate Setup Wizard

Version:
2.2.0

MD5:
5042de911283f5ac768f6c3e0f73d910

SHA-1:
c9a9a02cc4233a6af093fd4d2afa95aa41602fa3

SHA-256:
efe7491abbd744dd4f4e2f8c6071ed331f790729c7537202f902e3b5117f763e

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:20:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
riskware program Program.Unwanted.417
9.0.1.05190

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.6.2.0

Sophos
PUA 'DriverUpdate - Slimware Util' (of type Adware)
5.14

Vba32 AntiVirus
Adware.FakeDriverUpdate.gen
3.12.26.3

File size:
890.8 KB (912,208 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.0

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2018 6:59:59 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:
4/16/2015 9:26:09 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XuLNYF3E9SZm2ara4pmSIrJ67jsRKTYvnqFoaLysC:T095aLSItraYv6LJC

Entry address:
0x3216F

Entry point:
E8, 8B, 7B, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 66, 8B, 08, 40, 40, 66, 85, C9, 75, F6, 2B, 44, 24, 04, D1, F8, 48, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 57, 33, FF, 3B, C7, 74, 47, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 4F, 56, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 55, 80, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 29, 39, 7D, 10, 74, E0, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 2A, 56, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, D7, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, BF, 7B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 85...
 
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Entropy:
6.4027

Code size:
312 KB (319,488 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-98.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.98:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-174-153-119.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.174.153.119:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-22-237-248.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.22.237.248:80)

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