Home Possibly Unwanted Program PUP.Driver Performer

PUP.Driver Performer

Posted: May 10, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 10,925
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 6,249
First Seen: May 10, 2013
Last Seen: October 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Performer\driverperformer.exe File name: driverperformer.exe
Size: 7.94 MB (7949888 bytes)
MD5: 37dd21affeb8e85e889f8a6eb8676474
Detection count: 5,024
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Performer\driverperformer.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2021
DriverPerformerSetup.exe File name: DriverPerformerSetup.exe
Size: 609.33 KB (609336 bytes)
MD5: 67f2a52da9fd920f53b4066dbf707117
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathDriver Performer.lnkRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\DriverPerformer_UPDATES%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\DriverPerformerRunAtStartup%WINDIR%\Tasks\DriverPerformer_UPDATES.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\DriverPerformerRunAtStartup.jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\DriverPerformer_UPDATESSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\DriverPerformerRunAtStartupSoftware\PerformerSoft\Driver PerformerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\driverperformer_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\driverperformer_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DriverPerformerSetup_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DriverPerformerSetup_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PerformerSoft\Driver PerformerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Driver Performer_is1

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Driver Performer%APPDATA%\PerformerSoft\Driver Performer%LOCALAPPDATA%\DriverPerformerSetup%PROGRAMFILES%\Driver Performer%PROGRAMFILES%\Driver-Soft\DriverPerformer%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Driver Performer%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Driver-Soft\DriverPerformer%TEMP%\DriverPerformer
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