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sgminer.exe

SG Miner

LLC

The application sgminer.exe by LLC has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by LLC )

Product:
SG Miner

Version:
5.1.1

MD5:
32e8bf2e8b9f799628a88968a08a67ab

SHA-1:
d3b1e6a224408eae4d1a746c87a0edef2461af86

SHA-256:
e10b62ec4a2c82bdfe0ebaf8287d75dcf7c18734d64723540ffa7701f1400e54

Scanner detections:
12 / 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 6:40:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BitCoinMiner
2015.08.21

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BitCoinMiner.2749752
8.3.1.6

avast!
Multi:BitCoinMiner-B [PUP]
2014.9-150823

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.15823

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12125

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.2016957

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.08.23.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.7a9
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonitize.OpenSource (M)
15.8.23.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
43054

File size:
2.6 MB (2,749,768 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:
5/28/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="LLC ""ALGOL-SOFT Nikolaev""", O="LLC ""ALGOL-SOFT Nikolaev""", STREET="Komsomolskaya Street, Building 103-A", L=Mykolayiv, S=Mykolayivska obl., PostalCode=54000, C=UA

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

Serial number:
737C76E85D361C6445D01F94882D618F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2015 2:55:45 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:6CvXjFr7+wbTliLdHR8hfoVvF471XrG6cTEoRP+ypehloa:bFr7HdKdiIK28N

Entry address:
0x1C03C8

Entry point:
E8, 81, 06, 00, 00, E9, 4B, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 30, 40, 63, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 5C, 00, 00, 00, CC, 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, 24, 3F, 68, 00, E8, F7, 08, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, F5, 08, 00, 00, 83, 3D, 24, 3F, 68, 00, 00, 59, 59, 75, 08, 6A, 01, E8, DD, 08, 00, 00, 59, 68, 09, 04, 00, C0, E8, DE, 08, 00, 00, 59, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 03, 00, 00, 6A, 17...
 
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Entropy:
6.9362

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,837,056 bytes)

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