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firefoxhelper.exe

Creative Island Media, LLC

This adware background process is controlled and started by the Updater.exe executable (if the process is stopped the updater will restart it) and is desigend to install the addon within the Firefox wbe borwser and inject and popup various types of ad formats including pop-ups, inline text links and banners. FirefoxHelper is packaged with one of many a branded adware applications from Injekt. The application firefoxhelper.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. While running, it connects to the Internet address update.betterxperience.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
WatchDog  (signed by Creative Island Media, LLC)

Product:
WatchDog

Version:
3, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
3865306e96f03df64cb71135174476fb

SHA-1:
41f5a433b7d9ce68e4ea1f9e73d264ba5bfadf93

SHA-256:
af978d6f592f93d6a9ec7d2c280c7bead9a4ce919aef51fab0edc63c5ab81d2c

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/24/2024 6:47:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3803

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchDonkey.A
v2014.05.27.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CreativeIslandMedia.N
14.8.7.20

VIPRE Antivirus
SearchDonkey
23596

File size:
416.9 KB (426,872 bytes)

Product version:
3, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:
dog.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\rhelpers\firefoxhelper\firefoxhelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Creative Island Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/22/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, 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:
68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2013 7:41:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:G2ioawtuKRRM9KwqgFAwD1v1JK0IEY6LfVxw0eVz/wR9X7cD5W:G2io5RRM9KwX1zKMYyfVsVwPX7cFW

Entry address:
0x30132

Entry point:
E8, 28, D9, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 70, B9, 45, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, C4, 5A, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 70, B9, 45, 00, FF, 15, 78, B0, 44, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 70, B9, 45, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 80, B0, 44, 00, 53, E8, 31, BF, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, 90, BA, 45, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Code size:
295 KB (302,080 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.betterxperience.com  (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.pullupdate.com  (54.230.15.37:80)

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