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smartdriverupdater.exe

Smart Driver Updater

Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

The application smartdriverupdater.exe 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address mail.passwords.smartpctools.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Smart PC Solutions  (signed by Smart PC Solutions, Inc.)

Product:
Smart Driver Updater

Version:
3.1.0.5

MD5:
547eedb6f5050540a03943aa3e6d944e

SHA-1:
18c18f463989693aae27e09778b1499ba42c7b8d

SHA-256:
af1572bcaaa6636c762014f904ad505dca249c718d9e9afc06c1bcb28f9fa14e

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 8:21:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities (M)
17.1.31.13

File size:
4.4 MB (4,594,504 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.5

Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Smart PC Solutions, Inc

Trademarks:
Copyright 2017 Smart PC Solutions, Inc

Original file name:
SmartDriverUpdater

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smart pc solutions\smart driver updater\smartdriverupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/22/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", O="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7D79B46F486E3FE47D78587708A938CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2017 5:14:08 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x377C98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 07, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, 57, B8, F4, 38, 76, 00, E8, F3, 39, C9, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, E6, 81, 77, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, E8, F8, D2, F3, FF, B0, 01, E8, 29, DB, F5, FF, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, B4, CB, C8, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, 04, 82, 77, 00, E8, 5F, 07, C9, FF, 75, 31, 68, 1C, 82, 77, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 01, 00, 1F, 00, E8, 98, 52, C9, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 85, C7, 04, 00, 00, 68, 1C, 82, 77, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 6E, 4D, C9, FF, E8, 19, 5E, FD, FF, E9...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
3.5 MB (3,632,128 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.106.2.9.176.clients.your-server.de  (176.9.2.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to mail.passwords.smartpctools.com  (173.192.91.180:80)

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