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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:
47.0.51.220

MD5:
d065b167fbcd6a897701d78f14492085

SHA-1:
e873534f572ef35cb1717eed73ea54d51b57a9d2

SHA-256:
f20114392278ec6136de33ac3a74dcf65b24aed50bf20dd5e54a0f6ca8eda940

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/11/2025 2:52:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex.Chao (M)
16.11.2.23

File size:
280.2 KB (286,896 bytes)

Product version:
47.0.51.220

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:
10/12/2016 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/19/2017 8:59:59 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:
1200A32740619CA13B6BFBD91984402C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/17/2016 4:59:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:AQwqWrBuv/8Czxg2l7/9CXe4CbAOmBHPbwv/SI:ApXr486g2l79CObCPbwHSI

Entry address:
0x115C1

Entry point:
E8, A5, 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:
6.5386

Packer / compiler:
PEQuake V0.06

Code size:
183.5 KB (187,904 bytes)

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