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driverwhiz.exe

Driver Whiz

Secure Installer Inc

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application driverwhiz.exe by Secure Installer Inc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer.
Publisher:
383 Media, Inc.  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Driver Whiz

Version:
2.6.45

MD5:
fc2f68264a756c6c2bb59a563f1c4d8f

SHA-1:
4395e694a257f82a368a0b27cf13ba2ee6150ef9

SHA-256:
20cdf93b83271536680fb32bc2a4172adfecc483e41ce542cd6468ca34a0b29d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:40:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
17.2.23.3

File size:
7.6 MB (7,972,128 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.45

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 383 Media, Inc.

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 383 Media, Inc.

Original file name:
DriverWhizSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/28/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/19/2018 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Secure Installer Inc, O=Secure Installer Inc, L=Pleasanton, S=California, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=C3712890, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=California, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22AA79DFC593B122228F38161FC4414F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2016 2:55:47 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x322B

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 94, 2F, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, 98, 72, 40, 00, 56, E8, 10, 2F, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, A8, 70, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 38, 1E, 75, EB, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 67, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 60, 2F, 00, 00, A3, 24, 37, 42, 00, FF, 15, 44, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88...
 
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Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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