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behelper.exe

Cloud Installer

The application behelper.exe by Cloud Installer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Browser Extensions’. This file is typically installed with the program Browser Extensions by Spigot, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Cloud Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5b169131f9698b4da04fc76e75373ce5

SHA-1:
2a5e2ac0f8dd60758a5a1304aabb4267916d8218

SHA-256:
d46a45696069196830c74f5db6e210df37db82e23964fc5f323e9488a2416465

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 2:41:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.9.12.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,161,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\browserextensions\behelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cloud Installer

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2016 3:55:38 PM

Valid to:
3/8/2017 8:16:38 AM

Subject:
CN=Cloud Installer, O=Cloud Installer, L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
59F80236730E4539

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2016 8:45:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+jx1LHyuFV+601ZCW+R97+DSxsWH40vybnttlx7TnZ8IOrIJRq9TPuUTVKCTRQj:0x1ryuFV+601ZCn/+DSxsWY0GH7TnZfP

Entry address:
0xA3B9B

Entry point:
E8, D3, C3, 00, 00, E9, A5, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 26, 04, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 04, 33, 4F, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 4A, C4, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 57, 33, FF, 3B, C7, 74, 47, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, B1, 10, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 93, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 29, 39, 7D, 10, 74, E0, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 8C, 10, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, D7, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8D, 34, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D...
 
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Entropy:
6.6110

Code size:
807 KB (826,368 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Browser Extensions

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\browserextensions\behelper.exe"


The file behelper.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Browser Extensions  by Spigot, Inc.
Publisher's description - “The toolbar communicates with our servers from time to time to check for available software updates such as bug fixes, patches, enhanced functions and new versions. By installing the toolbar, you agree to automatically request and receive updates.”
www.spigot.com
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