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chromehelperupdt.exe

D&X Limited

The application chromehelperupdt.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 runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “ChromeHelperUpdt”.
Publisher:
D&X Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5fddbf5c6724bb56a9a0c73a1c64a15a

SHA-1:
a13cb8008856f6b5d9c43cf1e50f858202cfd932

SHA-256:
1869b0a71c686c0a1a246ce67f0a3d99d7a914fa3c0fcd5482a1077fbdd9c706

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:09:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DX (M)
16.1.2.23

File size:
275.6 KB (282,232 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\chromehelper\chromehelperupdt.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 5:54:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:q8y4LWc6P289RsrYtb3ukv8qMd/urGK7DMUeU6xmQ:04Bm9AYtbeHqe3K7DM7B

Entry address:
0x1F95C

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 7D, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 28, 13, 44, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, DE, 78, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 28, 77, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, C8, 3A, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 28, 13, 44, 00, FF, 15, 60, 51, 43, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, D0, 1B, 44, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, ED, 3E, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 92, FB, FF, FF, 89, 30, E8, 8B, FB, FF, FF, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.4995

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

Service
Display name:
ChromeHelperUpdt

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-84-40-91.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.84.40.91:80)

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