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updatestar-drivers.exe

UpdateStar GmbH

The application updatestar-drivers.exe by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.updatestar.com.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0a798d55d9dc13a2e882f369809f8119

SHA-1:
ce502f58dfc5d82584034be0427bef5b4c08ee8b

SHA-256:
eaca93fe09cddf8edf173226ac8f1b7929d20d70d178f29c502f1ffd60499847

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:
12/23/2024 2:45:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.14.7

File size:
1 MB (1,089,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\updatestar-drivers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/30/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/30/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Hauptstrasse 20, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10827, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4C04D272CAAEF51D5786CA84D80CFB98

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4+ntc646XRkVmS0q6lXjLupqHXfKA/psm/9KEnAFCcJ7NOVZf3gpSHZz6dIWIfk7:a6jNzXzHPKQ6mVhTfNHZzA/jffmcb

Entry address:
0xCA860

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, B8, BA, 40, 00, E8, C3, D9, FF, FF, 25, 8C, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 88, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 84, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 80, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 7C, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 78, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 74, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 70, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 6C, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, D8, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 68, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 64, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 60, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, F0, F1, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
826 KB (845,824 bytes)

The file updatestar-drivers.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.updatestar.com/.../1848042

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