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RegistryHelperService.exe

Registry Helper

SafeApp Software, LLC

The application RegistryHelperService.exe, “Registry Helper Service” 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 runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Registry Helper Service”.
Publisher:
SafeApp Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Registry Helper

Description:
Registry Helper Service

Version:
1.00.1027

MD5:
853cc832f4fe57c74af51c0dc104ac14

SHA-1:
004b62bc8aba8061c09ceccc98f5af839fd26bd7

SHA-256:
9d0943127c5d953d3e70b4f5ebb1b708983f2ccb9a45284919a918aaeb1c5a02

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 3:58:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.8.8

File size:
82.4 KB (84,328 bytes)

Product version:
1.00.1027

Copyright:
Copyright 2006-2011 - SafeApp Software, LLC

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

Original file name:
RegistryHelperService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SafeApp Software, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/29/2013 9:30:00 PM

Valid to:
9/28/2014 9:29:59 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:
9/20/2013 11:15:40 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x2110

Entry point:
68, 6C, 2A, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 58, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, E7, A4, B7, 6F, D9, F5, 31, 41, BD, A1, FF, 08, 26, F4, D6, 09, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 76, 62, 70, 53, 65, 72, 76, 69, 63, 65, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 52, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 72, 79, 20, 48, 65, 6C, 70, 65, 72, 20, 53, 65, 72, 76, 69, 63, 65, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 07, A3, 4E, 06, 82, 58, 7C, 56, 46, BB, 4A, 0D, 11, BB, BE, A5, 4A, 91, 5C, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
5.4803

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

Code size:
64 KB (65,536 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Registry Helper Service

Description:
Registry Helper Service Application

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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