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wshelper.dll

Winsock Net shell helper DLL for winsock file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes 1 Sigma rule names it

Is it the real wshelper.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionWinsock Net shell helper DLL for winsock

2 known copies

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\wshelper.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

9b38b19e5369c0abe0c8654d0702b4cd45e9de375eef35f0be132e02dcdf9874

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wshelper.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

acc2000863a039150fbbf0828d21d3f1d2a70714bb4affff57af44a75d9e3e55

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 wshelper.dll in 1 rule, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.