DriverUpdate-setup.exe

DriverUpdate

Slimware Utilities, Inc.

The setup for the Slimware 'PC optimization' product may present the user with unwanted offers or may be installed as part of a bundled offer. The application DriverUpdate-setup.exe, “DriverUpdate Setup Wizard” by Slimware Utilities 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 file has been seen being downloaded from www.driverupdate.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Slimware Utilities, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
DriverUpdate

Description:
DriverUpdate Setup Wizard

Version:
1.3

MD5:
ab2ad35fee1ac65c1a75582d9558c7ac

SHA-1:
dbadf5a6556b8e230ee36f6cba3f6162f71e3a55

SHA-256:
a4d0a09022ecc7baf0000c88b8c51015e3a4007d3413454dc45ddbab5773506b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 3:57:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SlimWare.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.2.7.10

File size:
922.6 KB (944,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.3

Copyright:
Copyright SlimWare Utilities, Inc. 2011-2012

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
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Slimware Utilities, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Slimware Utilities, Inc.", L=Ocean Springs, S=Mississippi, 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:
396592A759309A28F5D983A5A376DA47

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/10/2014 7:21:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+thG3SlLDq6x68Ihf7OOvQTnnnqFojjyZP+Oqf6ZOQgwgOfyM:hSl3xKzV2nnDj02Ff6oQWOfyM

Entry address:
0x2D6AC

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 77, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, FD, 45, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, CE, 77, 00, 00, 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, 73, 4F, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 09, 7D, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 29, 39, 7D, 10, 74, E0, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 4E, 4F, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, D7, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 73, 78, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7707

Code size:
292 KB (299,008 bytes)

The file DriverUpdate-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

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