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sgminer.exe

SG Miner

LLC

The application sgminer.exe by LLC has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program SG Miner by Open Source. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. While running, it connects to the Internet address livingston.shortysmalls.biz on port 3201.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by LLC )

Product:
SG Miner

Version:
5.1.1

MD5:
28ff357ac89fd65cdaa06f775cbdbbde

SHA-1:
1a601474cef81dde08800c45f80b350b1b90f585

SHA-256:
cf2cc7d5e73437394e622299a8cf1d6a78fd3119e1d1a736bfb4dfadb77aee4e

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The program will mine for BitCoins using the computer's GPU in the background and may be installed and run without the user's knowledge.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 5:31:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Multi:BitCoinMiner-B [PUP]
2014.9-150711

AVG
Generic_s
2016.0.3051

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.15711

Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.582
9.0.1.0192

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11920

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.205.16525

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonitize.OpenSource (M)
15.7.11.14

File size:
2.6 MB (2,747,696 bytes)

Product version:
5.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
sgminer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\cpuminer\sgminer\sgminer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/29/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/29/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="LLC ""SOFT-STANDART""", O="LLC ""SOFT-STANDART""", STREET=Bud. 5 vul.Artema, L=Dnipropetrovsk, S=Dnipropetrovska, PostalCode=49000, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A554F191FD67BB6012F1ABCA785158D0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2015 12:35:53 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:yIt9jEVW3p+/Kkf5pITCrG6XTbDRP7Kh8Nb:yItyQZ3qwKMa

Entry address:
0x1C011B

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 06, 00, 00, E9, 4B, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 30, 40, 63, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 5B, 00, 00, 00, FF, 25, 9C, 22, 5C, 00, FF, 25, A0, 22, 5C, 00, FF, 25, A4, 22, 5C, 00, FF, 25, A8, 22, 5C, 00, FF, 25, AC, 22, 5C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 15, 94, 20, 5C, 00, 6A, 01, A3, C4, 3E, 68, 00, E8, F5, 08, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, F3, 08, 00, 00, 83, 3D, C4, 3E, 68, 00, 00, 59, 59, 75, 08, 6A, 01, E8, DB, 08, 00, 00, 59, 68, 09, 04, 00, C0, E8, DC, 08, 00, 00, 59, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 17, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.9405

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,836,032 bytes)

The file sgminer.exe has been discovered within the following program.

SG Miner  by Open Source
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP:
Connects to livingston.shortysmalls.biz  (66.117.6.3:3201)

TCP:
Connects to 198-178-124-50.static.hvvc.us  (198.178.124.50:3201)

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