The help.hlp file is an essential part of a particular parasite and therefore is responsible for the pest's malicious activity. Exact purposes of help.hlp depend on the related parasite's type and carried payload. Some threats can use help.hlp to serve annoying pop-up advertisements or store certain configuration settings, while others need it to corrupt files, steal user confidential information or run a spreading routine. In any case, DO NOT open this file!
The help.hlp file is installed and used by
Amitis. It is also related to other parasites such as
Amitis 1.3,
Amitis 1.4 and
Paszczus. These threats can use help.hlp for different purposes, as the file's functionality depends on a particular parasite it belongs to.
In some cases a presence of help.hlp does not mean that your system is infected. The file may actually belong to some fully legitimate applications and therefore must stay intact. If you are in doubt, please scan the help.hlp file using you regular spyware remover or antivirus program.
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