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iehelper.exe

Big Water Applications, LLC

This adware background process is controlled and started by the Updater.exe executable (if the process is stopped the updater will restart it) and is desigend to install the BHO/toolbar within the Internet Explorer web borwser and inject and popup various types of ad formats including pop-ups, inline text links and banners. IeHelper is packaged with one of many a branded adware applications (websteriods), from Injekt. The application iehelper.exe by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
WatchDog  (signed by Big Water Applications, LLC)

Product:
WatchDog

Version:
3, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
205da1488ac42556ac5c6509ade7ae20

SHA-1:
0a100e6d07a10086307900f67b43dfa3399b9aa0

SHA-256:
301f8e94e0b08488f66bc24252ff8a11c5018c49e9000a74aed1c4f6f4eba159

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 4:19:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.BigWaterApplications (M)
15.12.5.23

File size:
425.6 KB (435,816 bytes)

Product version:
3, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:
dog.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\rhelpers\iehelper\iehelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/5/2014 8:28:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:hqZk7N9Owd44r/EOQ+Phz5Wd4go2UrSSk3J2y:h4Adr/EO95GPWRk52y

Entry address:
0x310F2

Entry point:
E8, F8, DE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 70, C9, 45, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, D4, 5A, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 70, C9, 45, 00, FF, 15, 74, C0, 44, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 70, C9, 45, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 7C, C0, 44, 00, 53, E8, 83, BB, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, 90, CA, 45, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.4080

Code size:
300 KB (307,200 bytes)

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