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Download Helper

Publisher Information

Download Helper is a software developer located in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Thre are 16 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
4263e777b200f4e7a16fdb1764b87576

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M), PUP.Air Software.Bundler
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
PDF_Reader.exe (Free PDF Reader by Download Helper)  (d63c35eb5924e17672afd40d1f66dd21)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AVG_Free_Setup.exe (AVG AntiVirus Free 2015 by Download Helper)  (f91c1ddd844a9275b21a79a24e0f71e5)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Cheat Engine by Download Helper)  (7203e02e708ec305f2684c4eaa448dd1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Cheat Engine by Download Helper)  (a7e5385ab1aa2447ff27a348c0656633)

1 / 68      (Adware)
76be55d8.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials by Download Helper)  (0eff67d37080efb32b737fee82fe54c0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
pn8b7cor.exe (Chrome by Download Helper)  (53378f833272480e9170977f28298fe8)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Microsoft_Security_Essentials_Setup.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials by Download Helper)  (c472af66ec3e4b34710957ab460e3d6a)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials by Download Helper)  (7a2aec541935b3c3c136d9e99161a2df)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Cheat Engine Setup.exe (Cheat Engine by Download Helper)  (e6c4b30bb61bc671b159b5b384c64a71)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Cheat Engine Setup.exe (Cheat Engine by Download Helper)  (b312ec0a90d2b1d0089f01a63f0d10ca)

1 / 68      (Adware)
56a09dd39edc9ac18f91dab7fde966ad90b49d08 (Firefox by Download Helper)  (cccdf774a1eecc3662fa988d367ad259)

1 / 68      (Adware)
PDF_Reader.exe (Free PDF Reader by Download Helper)  (79ab238a5999718b79aedb75f7d0b5c5)

1 / 68      (Adware)
FrostWire_Setup.exe (FrostWire by Download Helper)  (c28213760afda53b937dee73d0bf089b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Windows_Movie_Maker_Setup.exe (Windows Movie Maker by Download Helper)  (fe2bcd3039cbd0c9a5b37130ec351dc0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
FrostWire_Setup.exe (FrostWire by Download Helper)  (9d1583b4e93dc517e514f0af6e79719c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Free PDF Reader by Download Helper)  (117be5d12f0337c53462dfa2feb05cb9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uTorrent Setup.exe (uTorrent by Download Helper)  (f49de1287300366d03e7a7e0e04d62a6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Chrome by Download Helper)  (d2e6afda6cf669c1f513cfa2820787ea)

1 / 68      (Adware)
chromesetup.exe (Chrome by Download Helper)  (a2bf123057e0bc482db0b458e43da023)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Microsoft_Security_Essentials_Setup.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials by Download Helper)  (be9fdb34fe06daa8aabe772ff7c17c9d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Chrome by Download Helper)  (c8abfed7358056532c4fdd8a41fbb075)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Viber Setup.exe (Viber by Download Helper)  (13fb8a59ed5891ac7fdbc39baffe02c2)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Microsoft_Security_Essentials_Setup.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials by Download Helper)  (4f1c6ddb27d810cd55f6b7196efb8cdd)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ChromeSetup.exe (Chrome by Download Helper)  (6c9fdaa98291f868842a573573349270)

1 / 68      (Adware)
TomTom Home Setup.exe (TomTom Home by Download Helper)  (14cc7de7543c7f1a546b19d9e2090086)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AVG_Setup.exe (AVG AntiVirus Free 2014 by Download Helper)  (0c175dcf0ddc2f7378d26f26fb929d27)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Tango Setup.exe (Tango by Download Helper)  (dd61893e4c68f647bc66c42bef973650)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Office_Setup.exe (Open Office by Download Helper)  (cb0e48a4661071c9eb77bcb993db8579)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Microsoft_Security_Essentials_Setup.exe (Microsoft Security Essentials by Download Helper)  (e9a2063b871e93894ac661dc80ac9751)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Skype by Download Helper)  (11fa8131cbec613e8266cf6db0ecadfd)

 
Latest 30 of 862 files

Downloads URLs for files signed by Download Helper.

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://alldownloads.net/us/g/.../download  (microsoft_security_essentials_setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://everydownload.net/us/cheat-engine/.../  (cheat engine setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://install.evdls.com/v2/click/b5988d31/?d=http://software.downloadtree.net/ChromeSetup.exe&sid=Chrome-UK&uid=1391346&key=a1183e4e0a7f707682651038897b8757db3025ea73d21c0fb9476a936875c3fb&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../chrome-product.jpg&n=Chrome&filename=setup  (d2e6afda6cf669c1f513cfa2820787ea)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://everydownload.net/us/mp3-rocket/.../  (mp3 rocket setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://alldownloads.net/us/g/.../download  (microsoft_security_essentials_setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://alldownloads.net/us/g/.../download  (microsoft_security_essentials_setup.exe)

1 / 68      (Adware)
http://alldownloads.net/us/g/firefox/.../  (firefox_35.0.1_setup.exe)

The certificates below are also signed by Download Helper.

6B209A9997D0FC2C4CF9896912DC9418  (Dec 18, 2016 to Feb 17, 2018)

00800F4BF1F85252195C3C6977425DCB03  (Apr 26, 2016 to Apr 27, 2017)

4F5AF1AF5937A6C3034D8A2AE165A2D5  (Jan 14, 2016 to Jan 14, 2017)

043093FC7662FF9C3666898F0BA7036B  (Dec 14, 2015 to Jan 13, 2017)

7403D5D9F1275B32252F3B40F9630A45  (Dec 21, 2015 to Dec 21, 2016)

00D8A6413EB3267DC1CF0061798927B475  (Dec 21, 2015 to Dec 21, 2016)

4233E93C8E3815F8BDB379562E2AE2B5  (Dec 11, 2015 to Dec 11, 2016)

009DF017EEB350064581FFBD6A53CB93DE  (Dec 11, 2015 to Dec 11, 2016)

3EADD98B3BC44E654F461AF54084D147  (Nov 30, 2015 to Nov 30, 2016)

642C88F68717461534C2474AEF29FFD0  (Nov 04, 2015 to Nov 04, 2016)

10 of 16 code signing certificates issued

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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Download Helper by VeriSign, Inc. on November 27, 2014 with the serial number '4263e777b200f4e7a16fdb1764b87576'.
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