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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 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. 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:

d9cafe9455e92fc3a92b6f2e0830740f

SHA-1:

d4d5113f7e62fa7a2f463c9d9582c88bcafe4e6a

SHA-256:

69c945dd7cd66593285e0d099c01257d73e4fe0f515cb3ba519baf6d48fb3e15

Scanner detections:

2 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

5/14/2025 9:48:40 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Comodo Security

Heur.Packed.Unknown

17497

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.Task.PointstoneSoftware.G

14.2.16.4

File size:

99.6 KB (101,976 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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/20/2014 12:59:59 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:

4/27/2013 2:17:52 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:BQP0/wi0tSbJEHsi0ER20R2xXf/QSM1UgNCaDoqYaljqY/IsMD:OPftcIsi0E000xX3QSMFsqYalj7/Id

Entry address:

0x7428

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, B9, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, 57, B8, 90, 62, 40, 00, E8, 23, 9D, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DD, 79, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, C0, 55, 68, 08, 79, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, 18, B4, 40, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 57, A9, FF, FF, 8D, 55, E4, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, 9B, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E4, BA, FC, 79, 40, 00, E8, 49, 9C, FF, FF, 0F, 85, 9D, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 45, E0, E8, FF, A9, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E0, BA, 20, 7A, 40, 00, 8B, 08, FF, 51, 0C, E8, D5, A9, FF, FF, 8B... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

28 KB (28,672 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

Startup Dialog

Path:

\Pointstone\System Cleaner\Startup Dialog

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

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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