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helper.exe

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD

The application helper.exe by Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK 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 Nectar Toolbar by AIMIA Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

helper.exe

Publisher:

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD (signed and verified)

MD5:

b1d031834a46e3c379e69cbab89e27c1

SHA-1:

91b02bddbd84ccd6ab2bb323a28d65dcd6b58293

SHA-256:

8b83cbb2b2fc4d447b2b8503926205a7a876e88f25f66299a9a287d3ab6af752

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:

4/26/2024 10:02:06 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AimiaCoalitionLoyaltyUK (M)

15.7.3.1

File size:

330.3 KB (338,216 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\nectartoolbar\$instdir\helper.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

7/3/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/4/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD, L=London, S=United Kingdom, C=GB

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

3FA8ED3BA9AA2D91F087CB0A3B328A4E

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/7/2015 11:15:52 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:I5XuDxHpqnNWEo/Ru1Ut7LsO/PuZ1n46tm5jIXotAOwMnFrJejFhMeDSnozHdD:UeFJqnIEb1A7YOnkn4TMX2zwEFV8FNdD

Entry address:

0xE11F0

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 10, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B... 
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Entropy:

7.9076

Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:

324 KB (331,776 bytes)

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

Nectar Toolbar by AIMIA Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd

Nectar Toolbar is a potentially unwanted web browser extension designed to take control of the user's browser in order to redirect web searches and inject advertising. In Internet Explorer the program run as a Browser Helper Object.

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