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helper.exe

Firefox

Mozilla Corporation

The executable helper.exe has been detected as malware by 34 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:
d4ca9e487f89010ef78355a17d8790a1

SHA-1:
50b5cd95c75bf6d465edd944512cc2a83d67e351

SHA-256:
f60f50b81c2cbbce624fbf846b2e879ed365737d88a00362167767f7a212281e

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:47:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
6489932

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.FA.Gen
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.01.31

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Sality
150129-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.15130

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.150

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.22
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
15.1.25

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

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.193.14817

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.191.3639.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
16.0.0.90

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bzkem
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Win32.Sality.3
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.01.30.01

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
1.15.14.00

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11411

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.ER
7.2.30

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.ER
10.465.30

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakb
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758034
36666

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.2049

File size:
2 MB (2,091,944 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 2:19:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:s1df0iEiNHKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3ezMrl9cekcHhXh9HJUiWUXsmqsqzl87aW9:s1Z07iVKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3ezMrh

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
B7, 2F, FE, C3, F7, C2, 4B, EC, FF, 98, 4B, 8A, DD, 78, 0C, 69, D1, 3D, 14, A2, 97, B1, 4E, 3B, D9, 0F, C9, 8D, 32, B7, 57, 8B, C6, EB, 03, 80, FE, 32, 72, 0C, 87, DB, 87, D2, 69, F9, 2C, 6A, 82, 00, 85, F2, 33, E8, 0F, BE, DE, 77, 05, 0D, B9, 0E, 09, CC, 86, F9, E8, 16, 00, 00, 00, 41, 0F, CB, 84, F5, C6, C5, 4C, 8B, E9, 28, C6, 55, 84, E1, 5E, 8D, 0D, 40, D0, 84, 49, 01, C7, 0F, AF, CB, 8D, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 0F, C8, 81, FD, D0, B6, 00, 00, 71, 04, 39, CE, FE, C6, B9, 7C, AD, FE, FF, 0F, CD, 81, F1, 34...
 
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Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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