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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:
28.0

MD5:
b011e84126b5fbf9bbe1ca075e03a631

SHA-1:
fdbceb1c8cfee26296a364a66c3a5ec260a07c37

SHA-256:
1a35db0d5077966914c492c0e6ee2dd48e2504bf00f11844ee59cd8f24cd2a2e

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:25:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
5831067

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2014.11.24

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
SaliCode
141119-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.141124

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1640

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
20178

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.22
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.E.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
11.2014-24-11_2

G Data
Win32.Sality
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.185.14113

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.6937

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.189.531.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
15.0.0.984

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.28.6.63474

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20141124

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
14.11.21.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
11.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.141122

Sophos
Mal/Sality-D
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.0.11295

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.328

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.24

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
35010

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N
2011.4.7.4223

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.1991

File size:
947.8 KB (970,496 bytes)

Product version:
28.0

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:ezxEdnzxFjgiyi7a4HKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT3ezMrl9cekcHhXh9HJUiWUXsmqb:ecnzxF0iyiNHKvkTgXuquveY+W2o8oT6

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
0F, BF, E9, 4D, 18, FB, 8A, FF, 89, D6, 8A, D1, 49, 69, C9, B2, F4, C8, 7A, 05, EA, AB, 00, 00, 86, FD, 0F, AF, F1, 69, F8, 50, 2C, 84, B2, 05, 27, 0B, 00, 00, 28, ED, 4A, 0F, B6, D0, 81, F9, DD, 8A, 00, 00, 71, 09, FE, C7, 0D, 8F, E4, B9, FC, 31, CB, F6, C7, 2B, 8B, DB, FF, CF, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 86, CC, 0F, AF, FE, FF, CA, C7, C0, 95, 82, 40, 09, 81, F9, D9, D2, 48, 3B, 81, FD, 65, 29, 00, 00, 58, 75, 0A, 8B, F3, 81, D7, 73, 05, 67, 10, 84, D2, 69, D6, 26, 17, E9, B3, C6, C3, 01, 85, EE, 78, 09, 0F, BE...
 
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Entropy:
5.7158

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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