helper.exe

Premier Download Manager

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application helper.exe, “Premier Download Manager Uninstall Component” by Hudson Exchange Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Installer Technology Co.  (signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC)

Product:
Premier Download Manager

Description:
Premier Download Manager Uninstall Component

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
5022a507443ffad9e401f121e70aeaf4

SHA-1:
2a8d78fe601bfaad40edb3b4c078ac3b09207c36

SHA-256:
8debb44d3bb6f17e9e0994410251dec3003fd4576e55a73fe686886336b40e6b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 5:43:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.28.12

File size:
396.4 KB (405,895 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology Co. 2014

Original file name:
helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\premierdownloadmanager\helper.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/11/2015 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/1/2016 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", O="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", L=Woodcliff Lake, S=New Jersey, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5B78F4208F4D587B6FA9A6AF8EC8FD12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/18/2014 9:25:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1F028

Entry point:
E9, B9, 7C, FE, FF, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, F8, CF, 43, 00, E8, 46, 2E, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 34, 63, 44, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, A3, 61, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, AA, 69, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 52, 2E, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 9E, 60, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, D4, 30, 43, 00, 83, 3D, EC, 4E, 44, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 0A, 56, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7725

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
199 KB (203,776 bytes)

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