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maxdrivrupdater.exe

The application maxdrivrupdater.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from maxdriverupdater.com.
MD5:
3c9fd8fd7edeb2cbb4925a82b5ad764b

SHA-1:
01d83d377be8312b55defc88b71a59da44d447f7

SHA-256:
3e8bc0eb12308b008302a347bc0ac6aaa22c29dcc8c2085ebdd18f9620c55711

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 5:28:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxDriver.Installer.Meta (M)
16.5.12.1

File size:
281.8 KB (288,585 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 6:40:23 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:o8dNXSEQVDh8/83E4HyoeVqm5uZKLGMU3ZGeBU3TlaP2fUuSIK:bQVl8/83reVd5uZIGhDila2fUYK

Entry address:
0x30E2

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 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, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 78, E4, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 00, 88, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 52, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 40, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://maxdriverupdater.com/.../MaxDrivrUpdater.exe

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