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helper.dll

GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

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 GenTechnologies Apps has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
GenTechnologies Apps, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
59edf21a334b90901cd21ca37705efc3

SHA-1:
f94c8d1cc549217c1f9fd70064168f956e4d1a61

SHA-256:
00a102f19b6f8c42c24ff3fed1e50cdef44aff7047b0029f5f12f4106f1961a7

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
5/8/2024 8:54:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.171.10

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate
4.0.3.141027

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
8.10374

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13286

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GenTechnologiesApps.G
14.10.27.8

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
32844

File size:
1.3 MB (1,328,496 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="GenTechnologies Apps, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="GenTechnologies Apps, LLC", L=Grandville, S=Michigan, 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:
169927F400601EBFFB8BCB8CA159DB85

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 10:59:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YL738Ume72Ed82b1HKrD9hkppE6DUr21S0FEtLaCMWgMXF+dIp4KOH:YDme7Dy2b1HKrD9hkfOCS0FEtLnMWgMe

Entry address:
0xD7CCD

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 27, DD, 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, 58, 12, 12, 10, E8, 64, 6A, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 58, 1F, 13, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 84, 63, 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 (1,058,816 bytes)

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