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Rational Thought Solutions

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 Rational Thought 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:
Rational Thought Solutions  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b1b8c1db23308c84ba2b6ae303f423d6

SHA-1:
e7231625f67ea9fc7f0e4acadafcea6898ad5af3

SHA-256:
631d0a053ffc41735b1f1b8256232e6bfac7f2d32247140ed83d32af70163873

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:
12/25/2024 5:35:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.2.13.16

File size:
1.3 MB (1,361,904 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Rational Thought Solutions

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/23/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Rational Thought Solutions, O=Rational Thought Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
00B81C1C4DB6AD87B9B581116F115E4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/21/2015 10:40:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0xDCE54

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 00, DF, 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, 48, 8A, 12, 10, E8, 5D, 6A, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 98, A0, 13, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 18, D4, 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 (1,086,976 bytes)

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