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Helper.exe

System Cleaner

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application Helper.exe by Pointstone Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
Pointstone Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
System Cleaner

Version:
7.0.1.20

MD5:
e39f6103d196bb90648e9029432cd598

SHA-1:
15b3c5e59c2ebc9769de1ed0077e3f48ffe994c5

SHA-256:
1ced820b4554ecadbe50b3cddc62d44f52c5a44362c8daefdf434c81c729c0b6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 11:51:16 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Pointstone.Task
17.2.9.8

File size:
98.6 KB (100,952 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © 1997 - 2013 Pointstone Software, LLC. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
System Cleaner is a registered trademark of Pointstone Software, LLC. (United States Patent and Trademark Office registration number 2926385)

Original file name:
Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pointstone\system cleaner 7\helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", STREET="2915 Ogletown Road, #342", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
6A22BB97E19FF5ADFB20EE6464F9DEFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/7/2013 8:44:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x7428

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, B8, 68, 62, 40, 00, E8, FD, 9C, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 06, 7A, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, C0, 55, 68, 75, 79, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, FC, B3, 40, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 31, A9, FF, FF, 8D, 55, E0, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, 9B, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E0, BA, 24, 7A, 40, 00, E8, 23, 9C, FF, FF, 0F, 85, 14, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 45, DC, E8, D9, A9, FF, FF, 8B, 45, DC, BA, 48, 7A, 40, 00, 8B, 08, FF, 51, 0C, E8, AF, A9, FF, FF, 8B, 10, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Startup Dialog

Path:
\Pointstone\System Cleaner\Startup Dialog

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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