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hardware-helper-3201.exe

Hardware Helper

PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

The executable hardware-helper-3201.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from soft.pchelpsoft.com.
Publisher:
PC Help Soft   (signed by PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.)

Product:
Hardware Helper

Version:
3.2

MD5:
538c7637cbd161cdfd5fa91d1e78fcca

SHA-1:
0b03a584582c72e74be4ab946f1c648b9cbb5d04

SHA-256:
7e24f666ad0a5d6faeed26e0b003d264e4ec88bc1a9d553728836642d0290599

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:12:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Optional.PCHelpSoft.PCHelpSoftLabs.Installer.Meta (L)
16.1.9.18

File size:
2.1 MB (2,208,744 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

Copyright:
PC Help Soft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hardware-helper-3201.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/3/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/4/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., O=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6621BA2E90BF744DB88F6E6F6EBD0F4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:u2FIx1ETX4K2jVI9K9O1grS1z9scl7zs5Ztr:3FIxGTXa5I9KVIGi7zsV

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file hardware-helper-3201.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://soft.pchelpsoft.com/HS?a=ENX7Cq3M707Q8SA9MKIC1KznGHxKKldO__cStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HhdAHDFFs

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