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driverupdater.exe

Smart Driver Updater

Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

The application driverupdater.exe by Smart PC Solutions has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.smartpctools.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Smart PC Solutions   (signed by Smart PC Solutions, Inc.)

Product:
Smart Driver Updater

Version:
4.0.5

MD5:
3ba8acf8528d4bbe96ad67583c57f1a2

SHA-1:
2cc57e0ec8e50a7e6ca862b5a0c1606f4407e0d6

SHA-256:
b87917c9d7d208b8a6322dc000da581354b5266f926073857a6ce27cd7291e17

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:14:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities.SmartPCS.Installer (M)
16.3.24.0

File size:
2.9 MB (3,048,552 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.5

Copyright:
Smart PC Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Turkish (Turkey)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driverupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/23/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/3/2017 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", O="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7D79B46F486E3FE47D78587708A938CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 4:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:+LZ4mOFElk+S4l+cCkbtPXvLxrBkQT3Pg2RRwyd4EJ8lGJH9Rr/yxBEu:SZzp3ZCkbtPXvLxrnP3HUkJdFyxBEu

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file driverupdater.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.smartpctools.com/.../driverupdater.exe

http://smartpctools.com/.../driverupdater.exe

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