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chromehelper.exe

D&X Limited

The application chromehelper.exe by D&X Limited 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 execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘ChromeHelper’.
Publisher:
D&X Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.4

MD5:
63e11060078123c7b9322b27d7fa1ca5

SHA-1:
851d851b721b9cbaaab1189d4c522d887efb0be8

SHA-256:
a4f8783c674ba43f379d8649342d4fe94bd16cb9607f243545b1f718c5310035

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:40:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DX (M)
16.1.2.23

File size:
842.6 KB (862,840 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:
D&X Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/5/2017 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=D&X Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=D&X 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:
09C77ADF099ABC78D6346FC029B6BB09

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 5:55:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PYGUYJGdei92B4tekt275jnbAAJc5MS9sP1pBTwtSqtEgkQlqEnKkX4Aa40vA:tUYJeek0yXgBnBdHUtSI1kL8KkX4D4j

Entry address:
0x6EE34

Entry point:
E8, A1, BA, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 83, 65, E0, 00, 57, 6A, 07, 59, 33, C0, 8D, 7D, E4, F3, AB, 5F, 85, F6, 75, 15, E8, 82, 03, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8F, 4D, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, C9, C3, 39, 45, 0C, 74, E6, 56, E8, 36, 30, 00, 00, 59, B9, FF, FF, FF, 7F, C7, 45, EC, 49, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, E8, 89, 75, E0, 89, 4D, E4, 3B, C1, 77, 03, 89, 45, E4, FF, 75, 14, 8D, 45, E0, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, 50, FF, 55, 08, 83, C4, 10, C9, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.4255

Code size:
623.5 KB (638,464 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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