internethelper_antiphishing.exe

Internet Helper Anti-phishing

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application internethelper_antiphishing.exe, “Internet Helper Anti-phishing (Powered by Panda Security)” by Visicom Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘Internet Helper Anti-phishing’.
Publisher:
Internet Helper  (signed by Visicom Media Inc.)

Product:
Internet Helper Anti-phishing

Description:
Internet Helper Anti-phishing (Powered by Panda Security)

Version:
1, 0, 0, 0

MD5:
68162c891a95b468135a735c880b21a2

SHA-1:
acff14a5f59a74b8ef052a9b21bc3756951fa54a

SHA-256:
0f0943383e6a3a4fe945a54bbe4f987cf06dc12f6d50203563397c0795c676dc

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 10:06:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.Startup.VisicomMedia.BB
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.VisicomMedia.BB
14.8.7.19

File size:
229.6 KB (235,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Internet Helper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\internet helper anti-phishing\internethelper_antiphishing.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/17/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Visicom Media Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Visicom Media Inc., L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2B19B54BB7ABEE1A2623111C029AF449

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/10/2013 3:26:26 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:KZhjw+JiXBzz3PGGO5oMdI1xK5871XEBkFaYr1TJxnBj5tFWMCpwkk8FvLtDAnXt:4kr1k5oMd8xKu1XhrZLxMwksXt

Entry address:
0x12AD2

Entry point:
E8, D8, 7E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE, 8B, 4C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3165

Code size:
129.5 KB (132,608 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Internet Helper Anti-phishing

Command:
"C:\ProgramData\internet helper anti-phishing\internethelper_antiphishing.exe"


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to visicom-102.nationalnet.com  (69.50.130.33:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to visicom-101.nationalnet.com  (69.50.130.31:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to host-62-24-208-166.as13285.net  (62.24.208.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dh-in-f103.1e100.net  (209.85.203.103:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dg-in-f94.1e100.net  (209.85.202.94:80)

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