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firefox_helper.exe

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Chao Wei

The application firefox_helper.exe by Chao Wei has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Chao Wei  (signed and verified)

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Firefox Helper

Version:
49.0.6.312

MD5:
cd9f8c4aa53c56361c94e651ae4b159c

SHA-1:
25f18a8f6ca5564b09970192ef8ce9f589066255

SHA-256:
3cc3010eb846508c7a28eaf8c5ea5718acadfe5724d2e68d28c238318a962565

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/11/2025 2:37:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex.Chao (M)
16.11.17.21

File size:
106.7 KB (109,232 bytes)

Product version:
49.0.6.312

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2016 Firefox Authors

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\firefox\bin\firefox_helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Chao Wei

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2016 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/19/2017 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Chao Wei, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
476D13B315A3916791CD1AC3F7E8F714

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/17/2016 10:34:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:kV3LyM1qNYZkckA0CxrPGmbRdff/m8JreeodfYj3HgO5hJBQnTszsWO1tcdiox2E:27+U0t6Z/Nu9+3H35xqwi8iJ8bcQhe8x

Entry address:
0x5F91

Entry point:
E8, A5, 04, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 58, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, B4, 21, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 83, 61, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 61, 08, 00, C7, 41, 04, BC, 21, 41, 00, C7, 01, B4, 21, 41, 00, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 25, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, D0, 21, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 83, 61, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 61, 08, 00, C7, 41, 04, D8, 21, 41, 00, C7, 01, D0, 21, 41, 00, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, 8D, 46, 04, C7, 06, 94, 21, 41, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.4527

Packer / compiler:
PEQuake V0.06

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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