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Helpful Applications

The application setup.exe by Helpful Applications has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from pc.adblasterapp.com.
Publisher:
Helpful Applications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cbf0f8fd0c40b0b5b1501790b65dbe14

SHA-1:
681c1a861496be16df83410d34050a3022c247df

SHA-256:
91f4a102c43054ba12f19580b61403b6bdceef9876f7a7c4849078107c4d4c48

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
6/17/2024 3:55:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate
4.0.3.15519

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.J.gen (variant)
9.11588

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
5/19/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.203.15826

McAfee
Artemis!CBF0F8FD0C40
5600.6760

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Yontoo.dqgtsc
0.30.24.1357

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Sophos
Generic PUA EG
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0425
7.2.139

File size:
1.5 MB (1,614,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Helpful Applications

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Helpful Applications, O=Helpful Applications, L=St. Michael, S=St. Michael, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
15355CF24864C6C6378B70941AC6F668

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 2:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Z8Wvf+DWi8Y+BvJZ/Jw7sDYsmjtjKyUtYrNuLivJBLGLFugk6Ne6ONMegFk71nE/:Zf+ByxFW7sDYZteyUmrNbR45k6N+NxtU

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9321

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pc.adblasterapp.com/block-ads-and-pops/clkg/http/d.adblasterapp.com/AdBlaster/213801/.../Setup.exe

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