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browser_helper_companion.exe

Blabbers Communications Ltd

This is the Blabbers installer, a PUP (potentially unwanted program) that will modify the web browser's search behavior as well as may hijack the browser's home page and other providers. The application browser_helper_companion.exe by Blabbers Communications 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Blabbers Communications Ltd  (signed and verified)

Version:
2

MD5:
6d915ba482ae9e51b46302342749554b

SHA-1:
b48d8bd96eecfaf268fcd337e12adbd88df55797

SHA-256:
4d2bf6165dba1bca33eae8483fe7001ed71d29131a548ddf1a377e467877735a

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:
11/9/2024 12:36:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Blabbers (M)
16.7.25.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,194,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\browser_helper_companion.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blabbers Communications Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/21/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/21/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Blabbers Communications Ltd, O=Blabbers Communications Ltd, STREET=Arad 3, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=43034, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00A56E0C91F7B125DC48FCA4C6077C7BC6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zObT5po6u3h5jQPGIMT9m7N4qA4y65jQtS6Z1iPxP4:yAbjpISm7NMlYjeSK1iPxP4

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9912

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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