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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:
47.0.53.225

MD5:
12881c9ad84d5a985cfd14f4e16a3b1b

SHA-1:
8c9c0b448fa6f3f4155121cdead827a91d8a32f0

SHA-256:
047a2e5f1a61016773d6e56d672aaac22e3918012fce3f2545914fe62e6d2158

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/11/2025 2:47:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex.Chao (M)
16.11.2.23

File size:
281.2 KB (287,920 bytes)

Product version:
47.0.53.225

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:
10/18/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/18/2017 4:59:59 PM

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:
3CED0BDE89F0F6D9E1DD710ACB0F0794

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/19/2016 8:43:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:udO3id+TvQZAg9k9JqFQPLhMYh4K6CAPcEXt8kBSfcwZcGG7m323Ag0Fuj5koDKr:eEIyg9Kq6PLC1KHEXt8kB7/AOaPr2Aj

Entry address:
0x115A7

Entry point:
E8, CF, 05, 00, 00, E9, 8E, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, D4, F2, 42, 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, 10, 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, 10, 44, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.5337

Code size:
183.5 KB (187,904 bytes)

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