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driverupdater.exe

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 smartpctools.com.
Publisher:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f1a5c66d63eb33fe8d693eb1cf01b4d1

SHA-1:
2e46187dc1ad55f73d43b17d480242f704305e7d

SHA-256:
9938148ad03c68568c8dea3ce6b6c40e20c955a38d4dc56531e77987cd175f7b

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:
11/27/2024 1:06:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities (M)
17.3.2.18

File size:
2.9 MB (3,072,000 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/23/2016 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/3/2017 7:59:59 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 9:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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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Entropy:
7.9843

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 URL.

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

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