ShopAtHome.com Helper

ShopAtHome.com Helper

Known Malware

by Belcaro Group Inc.

What is ShopAtHome.com Helper?

ShopAtHome.com Helper is software application developed by Belcaro Group Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 61.82% of installations running this operating system. ShopAtHome.com Helper's installer is typically 7.00 MB in size and installs around 9 files. The most common release is 7.0.2.1 with 17.19% of all installations currently using this version.

ShopAtHome.com Helper is most popular in the United States with 99.28% of installations residing in this country.

ShopAtHome.com Helper adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About ShopAtHome.com Helper?

This application is a helpful tool that comes pre-installed with the ShopAtHome Toolbar (Browser App). When you visit a website by typing in the URL or clicking on a link, the Browser App is able to identify if the URL belongs to an Affiliate Store. If it does, the app may reroute you through the affiliate network site to the Affiliate Store's website, where a tracking cookie will be placed in your browser. This cookie serves as the tracking mechanism that monitors your transaction with the Affiliate Store in order to credit Cash Back Rewards.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in ShopAtHome.com Helper.

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe (MD5: 2af4776b132c0eca65cdcb633b484d96) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1 (B)
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
Sophos SAHAgent
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1021
ShopAtHomeUpdater.exe (MD5: 2f9295f5f7a91ee629224861abce0530) has been flagged by 13 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic
AVware ShopAtHome (fs)
G Data Win32.Adware.ShopAtHome
McAfee Artemis!2F9295F5F7A9
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.ch
Sophos SAHAgent
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V1106
VIPRE Antivirus ShopAtHome (fs) (not malicious)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1 (B)
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.ShopAtHome.1

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • uninst.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DDEE7075-2AAB-4A02-BE8B-C1F405594F34}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • ShopAtHomeUpdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ShopAtHomeUpdater' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome\ShopAtHomeHelper\ShopAtHomeUpdater.exe.
  • ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ShopAtHomeWatcher' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome\ShopAtHomeHelper\ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.shopathome.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\shopathome\shopathomehelper
Uninstaller:
C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome\ShopAtHomeToolbar\..\ShopAtHomeHelper\uninst.exe
Size:
7.00 MB
Language:
English

ShopAtHome.com Helper Executable Details

Primary executable:
ShopAtHomeHelper.exe
Name:
ShopAtHome.com Helper
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\shopathome\shopathomehelper\ShopAtHomeHelper.exe
MD5:
d5732328ec91340a619fe357718881b0
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by ShopAtHome.com Helper
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
6c22a5ef202e4c4d581c5517fd7913b8
EXE
89751848a728537c7c34bb608a7ab0d4
EXE
2af4776b132c0eca65cdcb633b484d96
EXE
2f9295f5f7a91ee629224861abce0530
DLL
50640c162704527157a4ae4b1ee0524f
EXE
d5732328ec91340a619fe357718881b0
EXE
1ccdf01c2e37126ce88e63b4e52e4c9a
DLL
e87ea4be398e23a2de459693eba1543e
EXE
c55151678d0d08fd569767f5e7a12852