| File name: | driver_downloader.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/05f7795a-5ced-40d1-b058-3b1618751369 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | January 13, 2021, 13:17:22 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | 3696D1E86BF61543963BCECA8A07DB31 |
| SHA1: | DD94E55B185FBFA188A027F15E30D036307FA596 |
| SHA256: | 823296474F6E2CA98CC7FEADAB2413E07E1A9B776952A17877E39222ED3A844B |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:b1QTFoiJXuo67quE9qk7+bgxy4d7GJtfIRqO22moa49Gte:x6v1uo6m9qk7i+bqtiu4b |
| .exe | | | Inno Setup installer (51.8) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | InstallShield setup (20.3) |
| .exe | | | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (19.6) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (3.1) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (2.1) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2019:10:12 13:15:57+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 682496 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 37888 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xa7ed0 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 5.2.471.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 5.2.471.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | This installation was built with Inno Setup. |
| CompanyName: | PDE Publications Limited |
| FileDescription: | Driver Downloader |
| FileVersion: | 5.2.471.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | PDE Publications Limited |
| OriginalFileName: | |
| ProductName: | Driver Downloader |
| ProductVersion: | 5.2.471.0 |
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 12-Oct-2019 11:15:57 |
| Detected languages: |
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| Comments: | This installation was built with Inno Setup. |
| CompanyName: | PDE Publications Limited |
| FileDescription: | Driver Downloader |
| FileVersion: | 5.2.471.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | PDE Publications Limited |
| OriginalFileName: | - |
| ProductName: | Driver Downloader |
| ProductVersion: | 5.2.471.0 |
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0050 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0002 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x000F |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x001A |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x00000100 |
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 10 |
| Time date stamp: | 12-Oct-2019 11:15:57 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
|
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x000A50E8 | 0x000A5200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.37132 |
.itext | 0x000A7000 | 0x00001668 | 0x00001800 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.95181 |
.data | 0x000A9000 | 0x000037A4 | 0x00003800 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 5.03517 |
.bss | 0x000AD000 | 0x00006778 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.idata | 0x000B4000 | 0x00000F1C | 0x00001000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 4.79161 |
.didata | 0x000B5000 | 0x000001A4 | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 2.74582 |
.edata | 0x000B6000 | 0x0000009A | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 1.88107 |
.tls | 0x000B7000 | 0x00000018 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rdata | 0x000B8000 | 0x0000005D | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 1.37999 |
.rsrc | 0x000B9000 | 0x00004600 | 0x00004600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 4.44459 |
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.13965 | 1580 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 3.47151 | 1384 | UNKNOWN | Dutch - Netherlands | RT_ICON |
3 | 3.91708 | 744 | UNKNOWN | Dutch - Netherlands | RT_ICON |
4 | 3.91366 | 2216 | UNKNOWN | Dutch - Netherlands | RT_ICON |
4086 | 3.16547 | 864 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_STRING |
4087 | 3.40938 | 608 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_STRING |
4088 | 3.31153 | 1116 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_STRING |
4089 | 3.33977 | 1036 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_STRING |
4090 | 3.36723 | 724 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_STRING |
4091 | 3.33978 | 184 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_STRING |
advapi32.dll |
comctl32.dll |
kernel32.dll |
kernel32.dll (delay-loaded) |
netapi32.dll |
oleaut32.dll |
user32.dll |
version.dll |
Title | Ordinal | Address |
|---|---|---|
dbkFCallWrapperAddr | 1 | 0x000B063C |
__dbk_fcall_wrapper | 2 | 0x0000D3DC |
TMethodImplementationIntercept | 3 | 0x00053AC0 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "Driver Downloader Monitoring" /F | C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe | — | DriverDownloader.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Manages scheduled tasks Exit code: 1 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1356 | "C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DriverDownloader.exe" /CHECKUPDATE | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DriverDownloader.exe | — | DDTray.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: PDE Publications Limited Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Driver Downloader Exit code: 0 Version: 5.2.471 Modules
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| 1540 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:1696 CREDAT:1061913 /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | iexplore.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700) Modules
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| 1696 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://webtools.avanquest.com/redirect.cfm?eredirectId=BZ_EN_DRIVERS_AFTERINSTALL | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | DriverDownloader.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700) Modules
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| 1732 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\driver_downloader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\driver_downloader.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: PDE Publications Limited Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Driver Downloader Exit code: 0 Version: 5.2.471.0 Modules
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| 1784 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:1696 CREDAT:1586181 /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | iexplore.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700) Modules
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| 1888 | "C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DDTray.exe" | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DDTray.exe | — | DriverDownloader.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: PDE Publications Limited Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Driver Downloader Tray Exit code: 0 Version: 5.2.471 Modules
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| 2460 | "C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DriverDownloader.exe" /INSTALL | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DriverDownloader.exe | — | driver_downloader.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: PDE Publications Limited Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Driver Downloader Exit code: 0 Version: 5.2.471 Modules
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| 2640 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D3O4T.tmp\driver_downloader.tmp" /SL5="$20136,4610435,721408,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\driver_downloader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D3O4T.tmp\driver_downloader.tmp | — | driver_downloader.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Setup/Uninstall Exit code: 0 Version: 51.1052.0.0 Modules
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| 2968 | "C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DriverDownloader.exe" /START | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\DriverDownloader.exe | — | DDTray.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: PDE Publications Limited Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Driver Downloader Exit code: 0 Version: 5.2.471 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Owner |
Value: 500E0000F4CEFB7AAEE9D601 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SessionHash |
Value: 6561F07A61C7CCCBB37C703642D9CC310F9A17C1302E65909218CA902B01736B | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Sequence |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProxyEnable |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SavedLegacySettings |
Value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| |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) driver_downloader.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6Z2BCOUL\check[1].htm | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-3EN7Q.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-25N49.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-KEEFQ.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-KC2RP.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-0KEIQ.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-I6EE7.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-0PG0G.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-R7BA6.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | C:\Program Files\Driver Downloader\is-SBT1S.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3040 | DriverDownloader.exe | GET | 200 | 151.139.128.14:80 | http://ocsp.usertrust.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTNMNJMNDqCqx8FcBWK16EHdimS6QQUU3m%2FWqorSs9UgOHYm8Cd8rIDZssCEH1bUSa0droR23QWC7xTDac%3D | US | der | 727 b | whitelisted |
3040 | DriverDownloader.exe | GET | 200 | 94.130.13.79:80 | http://stats.smartpctools.com/si?p=DriverDownloader&b=5.2.471&c=15-10-2020 | DE | text | 18 b | unknown |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 192.124.249.23:80 | http://ocsp.godaddy.com//MEkwRzBFMEMwQTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBS2CA1fbGt26xPkOKX4ZguoUjM0TgQUQMK9J47MNIMwojPX%2B2yz8LQsgM4CCBnnxb6ti8T8 | US | der | 1.74 Kb | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 192.124.249.23:80 | http://ocsp.godaddy.com//MEIwQDA%2BMDwwOjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQdI2%2BOBkuXH93foRUj4a7lAr4rGwQUOpqFBxBnKLbv9r0FQW4gwZTaD94CAQc%3D | US | der | 1.69 Kb | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 301 | 192.124.249.18:80 | http://www.drivers.com/after-install.php | US | html | 249 b | malicious |
3040 | DriverDownloader.exe | GET | 200 | 151.139.128.14:80 | http://ocsp.comodoca.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRTtU9uFqgVGHhJwXZyWCNXmVR5ngQUoBEKIz6W8Qfs4q8p74Klf9AwpLQCEDlyRDr5IrdR19NsEN0xNZU%3D | US | der | 471 b | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 302 | 217.195.25.241:80 | http://webtools.avanquest.com/redirect.cfm?eredirectId=BZ_EN_DRIVERS_AFTERINSTALL | FR | text | 87 b | malicious |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 172.217.18.163:80 | http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1o1core/MFIwUDBOMEwwSjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRCRjDCJxnb3nDwj%2Fxz5aZfZjgXvAQUmNH4bhDrz5vsYJ8YkBug630J%2FSsCEQD9enfDLjOiuAUAAAAAgwva | US | der | 472 b | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 172.217.18.163:80 | http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1o1core/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRCRjDCJxnb3nDwj%2Fxz5aZfZjgXvAQUmNH4bhDrz5vsYJ8YkBug630J%2FSsCEFXE245%2FYPvoAwAAAADDJDU%3D | US | der | 471 b | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 172.217.18.163:80 | http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1o1core/MFIwUDBOMEwwSjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRCRjDCJxnb3nDwj%2Fxz5aZfZjgXvAQUmNH4bhDrz5vsYJ8YkBug630J%2FSsCEQDcQWDWDTfndAUAAAAAgwwr | US | der | 472 b | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3288 | iexplore.exe | 142.250.74.194:443 | pagead2.googlesyndication.com | Google Inc. | US | suspicious |
3288 | iexplore.exe | 104.22.71.197:443 | static.addtoany.com | Cloudflare Inc | US | suspicious |
3288 | iexplore.exe | 172.217.18.163:80 | ocsp.pki.goog | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | 93.184.220.29:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business | US | whitelisted |
3288 | iexplore.exe | 172.217.22.46:443 | www.google-analytics.com | Google Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | 94.130.13.99:443 | service.smartpcupdate.com | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE | malicious |
3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | 34.243.112.164:80 | smart-pc.avanquest.com | Amazon.com, Inc. | IE | malicious |
3040 | DriverDownloader.exe | 94.130.13.99:443 | service.smartpcupdate.com | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE | malicious |
3040 | DriverDownloader.exe | 151.139.128.14:80 | ocsp.comodoca.com | Highwinds Network Group, Inc. | US | suspicious |
3040 | DriverDownloader.exe | 94.130.13.79:80 | stats.smartpctools.com | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE | unknown |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
service.smartpcupdate.com |
| unknown |
smart-pc.avanquest.com |
| malicious |
receiver.smartpcupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
webtools.avanquest.com |
| unknown |
ocsp.comodoca.com |
| whitelisted |
stats.smartpctools.com |
| unknown |
ocsp.usertrust.com |
| whitelisted |
www.drivers.com |
| unknown |
ocsp.godaddy.com |
| whitelisted |
fonts.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3664 | driver_downloader.tmp | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] NSIS.DealPly.xiazai |