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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:
1.02.0502

MD5:
94b548861f8cea4df08b0242c8b1fc3c

SHA-1:
c78a273f2a85e180ce9636376802112d4d3e2a4a

SHA-256:
dc5cf8b3abf036aeac27af9576993b790c12346246055fa2a4fbcf58016086e2

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:
4/25/2024 8:59:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.9.7

File size:
4.4 MB (4,637,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.02.0502

Copyright:
Copyright 2006 - 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:
5/12/2008 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/11/2009 5:59:59 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
20B2054225E5E90BE70636CB454EA531

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2008 10:34:22 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x17F60

Entry point:
68, D4, 89, 41, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 6A, C9, 95, 53, 07, C8, 43, 4C, 8D, A5, D2, C8, 12, 84, 92, 72, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, DC, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 52, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 72, 79, 48, 65, 6C, 70, 65, 72, 00, 01, 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, 18, 39, 4D, 41, C2, 11, A9, 4E, BE, 14, B1, 1A, 94, F3, 61, 66, 4E, 60, AB, 93, 11, 46, B9, 40, 95, 7B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
6.9244

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

Code size:
4.4 MB (4,567,040 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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