heliconphotosafe.exe

Helicon Photo Safe

Helicon Soft Ltd.

The application heliconphotosafe.exe, “Helicon Photo Safe Setup ” by Helicon Soft has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.heliconsoft.com.
Publisher:
Helicon Soft Ltd.   (signed by Helicon Soft Ltd.)

Product:
Helicon Photo Safe

Description:
Helicon Photo Safe Setup

Version:
4.82.0.0

MD5:
091b27cffd67c060a07510a5d2a58287

SHA-1:
3c2110e7aaef3fe832e71446a2b864c2ad7b6c2f

SHA-256:
1432484e32177539361eb49a00b686a56c1195665f8e03657bb4cbae31c8a708

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 11:36:30 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.1.24.10

File size:
60.2 MB (63,174,008 bytes)

Product version:
4.82.0.0

Copyright:
Helicon Soft Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Nezavisno od jezika

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\heliconphotosafe.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/20/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Helicon Soft Ltd., O=Helicon Soft Ltd., STREET="ul. Barnaulskaya, 27", L=Kharkov, S=Kharkov, PostalCode=61013, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C4D3E43DAC5F5022EE3D914D877C3D28

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

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file heliconphotosafe.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.heliconsoft.com/.../HeliconPhotoSafe.exe

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