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axeonoffhelper.dll

Microsoft Assessment Execution Engine On/Off Helper Library file version info

Library on Windows 1 known copy with hashes 2 Sigma rules name it

Is it the real axeonoffhelper.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit\
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionMicrosoft Assessment Execution Engine On/Off Helper Library

1 known copy

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit\axeonoffhelper.dll · not signed

be7b6b245ad0041dbf61ab8b39d15075bf74cb62d8566c5cd5663f0440d0d115

From the file’s version info and the copies recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which known copy a hash is.

What detects it

Sigma

Sigma names axeonoffhelper.dll in 2 rules, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.