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helper.exe

Firefox

Mengmeng Wang

The application helper.exe by Mengmeng Wang has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Mozilla Corporation  (signed by Mengmeng Wang)

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Firefox Helper

Version:
51.0

MD5:
39290c293ae794fddefe22236c7d62a8

SHA-1:
5eb0464f1b62cdc3fa762c85246ffc8dd2c5ff99

SHA-256:
5b9a41305984223a1b73d11bf57f73e22a7e7c8fc510d4d848560d6f9d9eb8b3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:06:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Elex.MW (M)
17.3.16.11

File size:
850.7 KB (871,072 bytes)

Product version:
51.0

Copyright:
Mozilla Corporation

Original file name:
helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\firefox\uninstall\helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mengmeng Wang

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2016 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mengmeng Wang, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
57FCDAB4B0C6202BC89A0DDD4A742960

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 4:26:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x32A0

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 00, A3, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 18, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 55, E8, 51, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C5, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 53, 57, 68, F4, A2, 40, 00, E8, CE, 30, 00, 00, 68, EC, A2, 40, 00, E8, C4, 30, 00, 00, 68, E0, A2, 40, 00, E8, BA, 30, 00, 00, 6A, 09, E8, 1F, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 18, 31, 00, 00, A3, 04, 4F, 43, 00, FF, 15, 44, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF...
 
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Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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