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behelper.exe

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application behelper.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Spigot Setup installer. 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’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
2, 8, 8, 11

MD5:
7c3d5dc1703ceb7a3f6494abeac9924a

SHA-1:
9f67362fa13b4b1e105d192375971295873329b7

SHA-256:
a51b8c7219b1f4c557baaa4c62bfb694e226c309d02eaf290e7518a1be0b31bd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 2:38:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
16.12.12.12

File size:
6.1 MB (6,390,768 bytes)

Product version:
2, 8, 8, 11

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Spigot Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2018 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Vilalge, S=Nevada, C=US

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

Serial number:
0FE530445BDBABB00E24B3A1FD389919

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2015 3:46:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xF9050

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
420 KB (430,080 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"


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