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hardware-helper-1221.exe

Hardware Helper

Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The application hardware-helper-1221.exe, “Hardware Helper Setup ” by Driver Information Technology Co. 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 cdn2.pchelpsoft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Driver-Soft Inc.   (signed by Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.)

Product:
Hardware Helper

Description:
Hardware Helper Setup

Version:
12.0

MD5:
3ee34b9ed095a5cad7afcf0345f0cb1c

SHA-1:
43ffa0cda8856e95424c18651afe2f598401e9af

SHA-256:
1eeb29cdbaefad621a24fddaae73b14e9353df0cc0a083006375663092f9f434

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:32:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DriverSoft.DriverIn.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.13.21

File size:
9.6 MB (10,089,680 bytes)

Product version:
12.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2002-2013 Driver-Soft Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hardware-helper-1221.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Driver Information Technology Co., Ltd.", L=ChangSha, S=HuNan, C=CN

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:
039E921BDD83DF3B2FAD7270F81427E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:cbiQsMOaX3TMS/gAF/ojvtz0CtSNiWPe/r7gfPJ2M1ehbV:c2QjN/fFUtP9h/r7gnJX1en

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9872

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file hardware-helper-1221.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-1221.exe

http://web.pchelpsoft.com/download/download.cfm?filter=PH_EN_PP_GO_CO_HH&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-1221.exe

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