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wow_helper.exe

Safer Technologies, Inc

The application wow_helper.exe by Safer Technologies, Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Safer Technologies, Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
331203d39283e06f281f1c8d39e4f98d

SHA-1:
0ce2d159b3f0a44b672d42e5c9a9950df8723026

SHA-256:
a44a6cefa6b778906142b6c6fa58ce4a45ee993f70ccf158ccdfb7e75d64d2a3

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:
8/11/2025 10:38:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SaferTec (M)
16.5.21.9

File size:
71.6 KB (73,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\safer technologies\safer browser\application\wow_helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safer Technologies, Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Safer Technologies, Inc", OU=Applied Cryptography, O="Safer Technologies, Inc", STREET=2711 CENTERVILLE RD STE 400, L=NEW CASTLE, S=DE, PostalCode=19808, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00AD7775F77C246C94E75D0D23C8F43D9B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2009 2:16:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:xf77+031ru/qpap4qUqm+rIqRqEp+85LQyiVr:ZWo1/op4qUqfrIkb+aLQh

Entry address:
0x2430

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, E7, 45, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 0E, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 60, 48, 8B, 05, B3, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 8B, DA, 48, 8D, 54, 24, 20, 48, 89, 02, 48, 8B, 05, A9, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 89, 42, 08, 48, 8B, 05, A6, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 89, 42, 10, 48, 8B, 05, A3, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 89, 42, 18, 48, 8B, 05, A0, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 89, 42, 20, 48, 8B, 05, 9D, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 89, 42, 28, 48, 8B, 05, 9A, 9E, 00, 00, 48, 89, 42, 30, 48, 8B, 05, 97, 9E, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1956

Code size:
42 KB (43,008 bytes)

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