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helper.exe

Firefox

Mozilla Corporation

The executable helper.exe has been detected as malware by 38 anti-virus scanners. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download.
Publisher:
Mozilla Corporation

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Firefox Helper

Version:
34.0.5

MD5:
95963e7848c6fd11672f33cb12532000

SHA-1:
02374d13c59a39bce26d41fe67eb23a78a9ae346

SHA-256:
be80152648af5d75d182de484b917b7c306343075e568468b6f1f8b024eb1f96

Scanner detections:
38 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 9:33:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.OG
775

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.AP.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.B
2014.12.22

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AA
7.11.30.172

avast!
Sality
141214-1

AVG
Win32/Tanatos.M
2014.0.4235

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$aa
4.0.3.141222

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.OG
1.0.20.1780

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.6267

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
20438

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.16
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality.OG
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NAU virus
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Sality.AA
12/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/Sality.AK
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.OG
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Sality.OG
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.188.14395

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.191.565.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.OG
15.0.0.1068

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.gcen
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Win32.Sality.OG
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Win32.Sality.OG
14.12.19.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AN
14.12.22.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.R
12.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kj!1522176
23.00.65.141220

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-B'
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11343

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.BU
7.2.356

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.BU
10.465.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.baka
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.416209
35418

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.L[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.15
2.0.0.2012

File size:
958.9 KB (981,928 bytes)

Product version:
34.0.5

Copyright:
Mozilla Corporation

Trademarks:
Firefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.

Original file name:
helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 4:49:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ozDPh4cfjgiEi7a4HKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3ezMrl9cekcHhXh9HJUiWUXsmqsJ:oCcf0iEiNHKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3e6

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
60, E8, F1, 04, 00, 00, 2B, C0, F6, C4, 29, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 26, D2, C4, 82, 4C, 72, 58, 84, 12, 68, 9A, 1F, 2F, 2B, 50, E8, 08, 08, 00, 00, 5A, 5A, 5A, 81, F9, D4, 01, E9, 14, F3, 70, 08, 8B, CB, 80, F8, 97, 0F, C0, C3, 81, C2, C8, 68, 00, 00, 0F, B7, FD, EB, 01, 14, 81, D1, A4, D7, 3E, 09, 0F, A3, D8, 8B, CD, 81, C2, 66, 1C, 00, 00, 87, C8, 8B, CD, 13, CD, 0F, BB, F7, 81, C2, A9, 05, 00, 00, 0F, BC, FE, 0F, A4, F7, 24, 81, C2, BD, F5, 00, 00, C1, D1, B4, 13, CD, 0F, BA, FF, D4, 81, C2, 33, 3F, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.5962

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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