What is YiwanHelper.exe?

YiwanHelper.exe is part of YiwanHelper and developed by yiwanzhushou according to the YiwanHelper.exe version information.

YiwanHelper.exe's description is "YiwanHelper"

YiwanHelper.exe is digitally signed by ???.

YiwanHelper.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected YiwanHelper.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on YiwanHelper.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameYiwanHelper
Company nameyiwanzhushou
File descriptionYiwanHelper
Internal nameYiwanHelper
Original filenameYiwanHelper.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2015
Product version1.0.0.1021
File version1.0.0.1021

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameYiwanHelper
Company nameyiwanzhushou
File descriptionYiwanHelper
Internal nameYiwanHelper
Original filenameYiwanHelper.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2015
Product version1.0.0.1021
File version1.0.0.1021

Digital signatures [?]

YiwanHelper.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer name???
Certificate issuer nameWoSign Class 2 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number42269f681cc6c208f41252206c49d2f0

VirusTotal report

14 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the YiwanHelper.exe file. That's a 22% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/Agent.ujfwz
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
Comodo Malware@#2s7wjxyjiauox
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Yiwanzhushou.A potentially unwanted
F-Secure Trojan.TR/Agent.ujfwz
Fortinet W32/Generic_PUA_JE.A
GData Win32.Trojan.Agent.Q8BO33
Ikarus PUA.Yiwanzhushou
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004feebc1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004feebc1 )
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD)
Sophos Generic PUA JE (PUA)
14 of the 65 anti-virus programs detected the YiwanHelper.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1605365588.5625,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\a6fb0cab5d3755605ff5f8cb15fca75972ef6eccf9da0b2b473c29afd190e162.bin",
        "process_name": "a6fb0cab5d3755605ff5f8cb15fca75972ef6eccf9da0b2b473c29afd190e162.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1605365588.890625,
        "ppid": 2308
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\workspace\\yiwanplayer\\bin\\Release\\YiwanHelper.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "XLDL",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "XLDL",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x000ed3d0",
                "filetype": "Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0012d3ef"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x000ed100",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002d0"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.9985712739695165,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0012da00",
                    "virtual_address": "0x000ed000",
                    "entropy": 7.9985712739695165,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0012d940"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.6143075356415478,
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.1553170680999756,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.236042976379395,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
            "time": 3.01896595954895,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0226969718933105,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
            "time": 3.0881199836730957,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8054,
            "time": 1.6735060214996338,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8382,
            "time": -0.09446215629577637,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8710,
            "time": 1.6095030307769775,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28120,
            "time": 1.041532039642334,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.1570799350738525,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "ad5fd9cab210ad95e46411dd69998d9e2277397f2557f2ad3c852531bb05bb26",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8151d379b26e338faf1bc6e64d27fbc71de12a69596c1c43597a95face2f99f5",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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YiwanHelper.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove YiwanHelper.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the YiwanHelper.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that YiwanHelper.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate YiwanHelper.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the YiwanHelper.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate YiwanHelper.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\YiwanHelper.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the YiwanHelper.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If YiwanHelper.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If YiwanHelper.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If YiwanHelper.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that YiwanHelper.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD530a998b8280948a336fd29b93a9ffd76
SHA256a6fb0cab5d3755605ff5f8cb15fca75972ef6eccf9da0b2b473c29afd190e162

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to yiwanhelper.exe:

yiwanhelper.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

yiwanhelper.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

YiwanHelper has stopped working.

End Program - yiwanhelper.exe. This program is not responding.

yiwanhelper.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

yiwanhelper.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
3

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