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RegistryHelper.exe

Registry Helper

SafeApp Software, LLC

The application RegistryHelper.exe by SafeApp Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘Registry Helper’.
Publisher:
SafeApp Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Registry Helper

Version:
3.00.0055

MD5:
d6c15ae2e89fbae3ec1db5f71eacfd73

SHA-1:
089f79d7d12b2b3add27a62ec062e4c5d4f7011e

SHA-256:
52f940359b802e13e2923c214ee5c228d53dcfa2eac0602886287b6ce857749a

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:
4/19/2024 2:06:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.12.3

File size:
5.5 MB (5,761,368 bytes)

Product version:
3.00.0055

Copyright:
Copyright 2006-2014, SafeApp Software, LLC.

Trademarks:
Registry Helper is a registered trademark of SafeApp Software, LLC

Original file name:
RegistryHelper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\registry helper\registryhelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SafeApp Software, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/29/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/28/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="SafeApp Software, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="SafeApp Software, LLC", L=Harrison, S=New York, C=US

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:
39DFB7C66366F1DCB93E2F14443E6433

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2014 9:57:22 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x19A50

Entry point:
68, E0, A5, 41, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, D1, 34, EF, 7B, 6E, 50, 2C, 49, AC, EF, A3, 74, 2C, 4E, 58, D2, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 52, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 72, 79, 48, 65, 6C, 70, 65, 72, 00, 00, 52, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 72, 79, 20, 48, 65, 6C, 70, 65, 72, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 07, 6A, F5, 86, 98, 7F, 7B, EB, 4B, B4, DB, 0B, 4A, C5, A7, 0D, E0, B5, DD, 6A, 25, B9, D3, 9C, 4E, 84, 64, 4D...
 
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Entropy:
6.9549

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0/v6.0

Code size:
5.3 MB (5,562,368 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Registry Helper

Command:
"C:\Program Files\registry helper\registryhelper.exe" \boot


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