hp v165w-usb-flash-drive driver provided through pablodrivers.com.exe

Interactive Install

LiveSoftAction SRL

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application hp v165w-usb-flash-drive driver provided through pablodrivers.com.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer.
Publisher:
Live Soft Action S.R.L.  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
Interactive Install

Version:
8.23.1.1

MD5:
aecd5698137abfd2c40c184e9664d262

SHA-1:
e7409ebb6e62d0615d639d7b1384baf3f6005881

SHA-256:
c746310c25bf27cb269616978605eb07dc2b8cc939637993a98da8928d2211ef

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 7:35:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.6.16

File size:
713.7 KB (730,824 bytes)

Product version:
8.23.1.1

Copyright:
(c) Live Soft Action S.R.L. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hp v165w-usb-flash-drive driver provided through pablodrivers.com.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/18/2014 9:50:37 AM

Valid to:
5/29/2015 10:34:53 AM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, OU=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, L=Bucharest, S=ROMANIA, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121FC42685A77DFEC574BF9851EA55E2ADB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/2/2014 8:44:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1A70D0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, EF, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
620 KB (634,880 bytes)