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helper.exe

Firefox

Mozilla Corporation

The executable helper.exe has been detected as malware by 36 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:
35.0.1

MD5:
152d10359d133aa01d0c110d02be47b4

SHA-1:
4327e0b41bad9d23de42dc7460d3a7754cd5f4a7

SHA-256:
e9957d4bd64a967dabbbcddadbf4f9fc0cb3559808f09a99b9d8cf8a56bdd9d9

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 8:40:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
6762526

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
SaliCode
150303-0

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.1536

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.325

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.gen
21311

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Sality
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.200.15179

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.193.1548.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
16.0.0.195

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.30.0.296

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
15.03.06.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.03.06.05

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
3.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.15304

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.11

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11479

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.65

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
37788

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.2089

File size:
974.5 KB (997,880 bytes)

Product version:
35.0.1

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 2:19:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qzRvY+jgVci7a4aKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3ezMrl9cekcHhXh9HJUiWUXsmqsqzZ:qj0VciNaKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3ezMe

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
75, 04, B3, DA, 85, D8, 10, EB, B2, 94, F6, C7, 26, 69, FD, 2F, 3E, 9E, 1F, 43, 05, 0E, FA, DF, E5, 81, D6, A8, 32, 03, 29, FE, C3, 84, F3, 8B, C0, 86, F6, F7, C5, 3A, A9, 1C, 1F, 8D, 15, BE, E7, F9, A9, 69, C9, 69, DF, 72, 7D, 8B, E8, 8D, 15, 15, 5F, CD, 7E, 85, F2, 40, FF, C2, 0F, BF, FD, 08, D4, C7, C0, 96, 64, 07, 20, 8D, 2D, 0F, 5A, 50, 6B, 33, EA, F6, C2, 4F, 85, F3, 70, 05, 13, D5, C6, C2, 07, E8, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 75, 03, 0F, BF, D0, 0F, AF, D2, 88, F2, 8D, 3D, CE, 16, B3, 0D, 8B, CE, 85, D6, 89, F1...
 
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Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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