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hardware-helper-122.exe

Hardware Helper

Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

The application hardware-helper-122.exe, “Update your drivers now! ” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.pchelpsoft.com.
Publisher:
PC Help Soft   (signed by Smart PC Solutions, Inc.)

Product:
Hardware Helper

Description:
Update your drivers now!

Version:
3.0

MD5:
1aa21ddd3d13ecef49c63a21576b85f3

SHA-1:
259860261b963b682397060bde27c4cbccb7c5d7

SHA-256:
9fe12ba70a7895a73dc7636f989e7aef7b0e428565e7ed03be498513dab4866c

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:
11/5/2024 1:55:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.SmartPCSolutions.T
15.1.14.21

File size:
5.6 MB (5,861,592 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

Copyright:
PC Help Soft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hardware-helper-122.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, 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:
502E76B6ACDCDE4F3336BF9286946063

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:c/b6VtjkGD2n+gkLb8cZZDSbk1JGIYDixpflaounB1a0ydhB1BjZhiI:RVHW+gkLb8cZymhjq1a0yd7ZwI

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9991

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file hardware-helper-122.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-122.exe

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