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helper.dll

Acute Angle Solutions Ltd.

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module helper.dll by Acute Angle Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Acute Angle Solutions Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fd4e46bd85f4fe20e266eab597731db2

SHA-1:
72546b1f1272357f202b57ed836728d18b27ed27

SHA-256:
be729d970d3df549c751a9ac3b164f09e3bc5b1fa0fc347ed7c0f67accf70e3b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
9/7/2024 10:28:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.3.1.2

File size:
1.3 MB (1,328,512 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\helper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Acute Angle Solutions Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/1/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Acute Angle Solutions Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Acute Angle Solutions Ltd., L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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:
0A7A77148C6F7A33F9174DA187F6FEF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/25/2014 10:34:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0xD7CCD

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 27, DD, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 58, 12, 12, 10, E8, 64, 6A, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 58, 1F, 13, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 64, 63, 10, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,058,816 bytes)

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