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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.driverwhiz.com.
Publisher:
383 Media, Inc.  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Driver Whiz

Version:
2.5.3

MD5:
e61d0c0dc386f48008fdd94cfc7f4b45

SHA-1:
c437a8f1e79115a41b6567257844ede1ad4ffddc

SHA-256:
846667815469a9e8f0afdb76da9386a81b060a9dfeec7803809eeec8e60a7830

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 6:33:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.SecureIn.Bundler (M)
16.5.6.14

File size:
8.4 MB (8,777,648 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.3

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 (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
11/5/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 9:59:59 PM

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:
2D22C5F63B1EEA2D802C435A5D079FDE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 3:01:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:Js9XJlJXGA9bTghGDZ9fSFexT1TrJBqHg7HUDU3gqB+rI6wN+pRzoK:uhJl539b8+/TxdgHuHtg+qjg+pf

Entry address:
0x3219

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file driverwhiz.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.driverwhiz.com/dw2/dwinternal2/dw2.5.4/.../Driverwhiz.exe

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