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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 start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Registry Helper’.
Publisher:
SafeApp Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Registry Helper

Version:
2.00

MD5:
5196179c6719e6c6e901419fd672140c

SHA-1:
7af5a25db3e354bdd8e61c85a9adc51edeb54bd7

SHA-256:
c8e8f9f0de9407f6a72fb47f2dca3112ca67104fb18402b7c75874c6ed1f35df

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:
4/23/2024 9:13:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.9.26.0

File size:
5.7 MB (6,015,320 bytes)

Product version:
2.00

Copyright:
Copyright 2006-2011, 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/28/2014 7:59:59 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:
8/29/2013 5:05:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:iwLy2w21dxQnl4nlaCvKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUJ:JJ1dxYinlhSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUs

Entry address:
0x1A1DC

Entry point:
68, 48, AD, 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, B0, C9, 91, 20, 55, 7D, AE, 4D, 89, 8A, 05, C1, BA, 47, 5C, 07, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 43, 00, 06, 50, 83, 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, 06, BE, F2, 25, F6, 94, 4B, 47, 4D, B0, 74, DD, F0, 15, FD, F1, BF, 0A, 80, 89, CF, 88, 07, 70, 41, 8A, 60, AA...
 
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Entropy:
7.0095

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

Code size:
5.6 MB (5,820,416 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Registry Helper

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


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