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chromehelper.exe

Denco Limited

The application chromehelper.exe by Denco Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘ChromeHelper’.
Publisher:
Denco Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.4

MD5:
5b42ed6dec90f4ba7c1d430c11cd6d06

SHA-1:
0511f1690d2d171a7e4827c7837ab5085e74842a

SHA-256:
a16a36a3f3c9df818d5dff2139f39449a7a68b995b1aed7dbeed24ba9c42fe8f

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:
12/24/2024 11:54:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Denco (M)
16.7.9.7

File size:
720.3 KB (737,568 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\chromehelper\chromehelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Denco Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/29/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/30/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Denco Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Denco Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
570F3954FD8AC2184E29E83063A4482B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2014 3:36:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:L3gjAfBfPWzdKb1yQOD1qxJzAcxxD9r8lVpvkUYDcZunZ4G2DRsq5:7gjSdWhKEQIF0Iu+GWl

Entry address:
0x6956A

Entry point:
E8, EF, B9, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 10, 68, 68, 1F, 4A, 00, E8, 30, 5A, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, FC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 3B, 45, 10, 7D, 13, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, CE, FF, 55, 14, 03, 75, 0C, 89, 75, 08, FF, 45, E4, EB, E5, C7, 45, E0, 01, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 5A, 00, 00, C2, 14, 00, 83, 7D, E0, 00, 75, 11, FF, 75, 18, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, D4, F2, FF, FF, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 33, C0, 50, 50, 50, 50...
 
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Entropy:
6.4658

Code size:
543.5 KB (556,544 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
ChromeHelper

Command:
C:\Program Files\common files\chromehelper\chromehelper.exe


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