helper.dll

Western Web Applications, LLC

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. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module helper.dll by Western Web Applications 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:
Western Web Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
efb20c8e6f79a18b80b163339951f9f3

SHA-1:
967b45e4fc8880cd6d5b29b9c861bfcf52a338ed

SHA-256:
8faf9c190c4abb8000b5fb92af4c8c8ae036ce606858c841e804164c89508e99

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:
9/16/2024 5:49:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.11.2.1

File size:
1.3 MB (1,327,440 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Western Web Applications, LLC", O="Western Web Applications, LLC", L=Del Mar, S=California, C=US

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:
2846A7B6FF6C3C84D2AC5AD12B664347

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2014 6:32:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7QTO+lscphY6C6O2+tlONEY4u6uDW2JeuyEtLVAdPtJHtwjsH:7QscpaB6OttlONEY3peuyEtLSdPtJHtn

Entry address:
0xD790D

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, 40, 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, 80, 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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Entropy:
6.5869

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,057,792 bytes)

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