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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. This file is typically installed with the program System Cleaner 7 by Pointstone Software, LLC.

File name:

Helper.exe

Publisher:

Pointstone Software, LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

System Cleaner

Version:

7.0.1.20

MD5:

c9fe561142f4b971ed35ef149e43c491

SHA-1:

4fcd60bd925136648deebab2a482db9cfb11e108

SHA-256:

9d75f69d51d5e6b60790f53914d63c4e3f0f36c20ec1396968fa175d3513602f

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 12:40:54 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.Pointstone

17.2.17.3

File size:

67.1 KB (68,696 bytes)

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)

Language:

English (United States)

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/20/2014 1:59:59 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:

4/3/2013 1:35:37 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x7400

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, B9, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, 57, B8, 68, 62, 40, 00, E8, 4B, 9D, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, B5, 79, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, C0, 55, 68, E0, 78, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, DC, B1, 40, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 3F, A7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, E4, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, B6, 9B, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E4, BA, D4, 79, 40, 00, E8, 71, 9C, FF, FF, 0F, 85, 9D, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 45, E0, E8, 0F, AA, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E0, BA, F8, 79, 40, 00, 8B, 08, FF, 51, 0C, E8, E5, A9, FF, FF, 8B... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

27 KB (27,648 bytes)

The file Helper.exe has been discovered within the following program.

System Cleaner 7 by Pointstone Software, LLC

Publisher's description - “Fix your PC's problems, and help prevent them from recurring with System Cleaner's suite of maintenance tools. System Cleaner restores your PC's performance, frees up wasted disk space, prevents registry corruption and protects your online privacy. Your PC is slowing down.”

www.systemcleaner.com

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