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firefox_helper.exe

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Wenchao Zhang

The application firefox_helper.exe by Wenchao Zhang 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:
Wenchao Zhang  (signed and verified)

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Firefox Helper

Version:
47.0.50.219

MD5:
4106d3baf7741608fa6c0b9519bae062

SHA-1:
5c3c84b042f78bbae69997621c2e9d91722b23be

SHA-256:
980343baa1d656b624086568a982bf77cfb6f5642c52305615bcaebf2a88bffd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 12:32:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex (M)
16.10.14.5

File size:
281.7 KB (288,440 bytes)

Product version:
47.0.50.219

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:
Wenchao Zhang

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2016 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/9/2017 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Wenchao Zhang, 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:
435967CF8A9242810791B82F07AF2DEF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2016 4:51:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:+u/GaQ2DOyEgsxkgz7IG/i31MT1EGyqA5YkTYAu5Ac/fCkVu0AYL4Rbv3WquI5Ak:z7wggkGg31MBFRAlc/fWb/AOz/8/NEPp

Entry address:
0x11B07

Entry point:
E8, 6F, 05, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, D0, 02, 43, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, F2, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 70, 20, 44, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, F2, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 70, 20, 44, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.5280

Code size:
184.5 KB (188,928 bytes)

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