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hardware-helper-3200.exe

Hardware Helper

PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

The executable hardware-helper-3200.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from webtools.pchelpsoft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Help Soft   (signed by PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.)

Product:
Hardware Helper

Version:
3.2

MD5:
a9b6b1f8f0a9b5b94f55fa622fec613e

SHA-1:
62c4f53491ace2728b863d70e0b6bdb0a171bd06

SHA-256:
a73c192de96adcf1126d1e09fb16eb8c8f76fa8c525ea91036c704f800a05609

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 12:35:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Optional.PCHelpSoft.PCHelpSoftLabs.Installer.Meta (L)
15.12.1.1

File size:
2.1 MB (2,203,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

Copyright:
PC Help Soft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/3/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., O=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6621BA2E90BF744DB88F6E6F6EBD0F4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:z2fIx1ETX41s40+egWwimdxLOCBODEfO68F5tW:6fIxGTXf40+emzziCBq66e

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9948

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file hardware-helper-3200.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?tracking=PH_EN_PP_BI_SE_HH_US&keyword=canon printer driver downloads&campaignID=BING&gclid=&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-3200.exe

http://soft.pchelpsoft.com/HS?a=ENX7CqloNW_i8SA9MKIGs_PnGHxKKviX8PcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HhdAHDFAi

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?tracking=PH_EN_PP_BI_SE_HH_US&keyword=hp printer downloads&campaignID=BING&gclid=&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-3200.exe

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?tracking=PH_EN_PP_BI_SE_HH_US&keyword=www.logitech.com&campaignID=BING&gclid=&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-3200.exe

http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-3200.exe

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?tracking=PH_EN_PP_BI_SE_HH_US&keyword=canon drivers download&campaignID=BING&gclid=&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-3200.exe

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?tracking=PH_EN_PP_BI_SE_HH_IE&keyword=twain driver&campaignID=BING&gclid=&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../hardware-helper-3200.exe

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