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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:
1.00.0782

MD5:
2b240a7a99dedfb2d6df07bfa3f9f1ea

SHA-1:
c701ebc81deb59d8bbb57b82103230a6cd02a3f2

SHA-256:
56ff60afde103bbd885e85db98a8f3e67016babe79176a7513350fe1092c4b1a

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:
4/24/2024 4:35:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SafeAppSoftware (M)
16.2.8.15

File size:
81.9 KB (83,848 bytes)

Product version:
1.00.0782

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:
8/4/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/4/2012 12:59:59 AM

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:
0B9B18CF07F53751275686C53348330F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2012 5:03:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:ekqThHOCO2q2e03ez54UPs2Wg3084atSVooNRRvwaeHGTW0XNdp1Kf2NFuCV62Y5:lqTO2re004UPDWK084XpYENF56mbJjB8

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, 2B, 5A, FF, CF, 59, 61, 2F, 4E, B0, B3, FE, A7, D1, 27, 5C, CD, 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, 82, 7A, 99, 63, D6, CE, 28, 44, 93, 29, C2, 78, A3, 00, 87, D9, AA, 19, DD...
 
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Entropy:
5.4637

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

Group:
6263456


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