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AES256.dll

AES 256 Library

Awareness Technologies, Inc.

The module AES256.dll by Awareness Technologies has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Awareness Technologies, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
AES 256 Library

Version:
0.0.0.0

MD5:
9fb7fa77f38b9ec84a0ae8de3fc5f5e1

SHA-1:
79ede828fede55f3eeb508907d7c1271092840c8

SHA-256:
77d88155193fa0a912967671202e4f6d3d29390ba3f65d56301ecff50b9a53f7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/17/2025 11:42:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.12.16

File size:
254.3 KB (260,416 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2010

Original file name:
AES256.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\syswow64\bjhxclg\aes256.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Awareness Technologies, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/22/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Awareness Technologies, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Awareness Technologies, Inc.", L=Westport, S=Connecticut, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3AE6606F497A5293319BA52D6D589F30

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/5/2017 3:31:42 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0xB4E6

Entry point:
83, 7C, 24, 08, 01, 75, 05, E8, E1, 8E, 00, 00, FF, 74, 24, 04, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, E8, ED, FE, FF, FF, 59, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A0, 9E, 03, 10, 89, 0D, 9C, 9E, 03, 10, 89, 15, 98, 9E, 03, 10, 89, 1D, 94, 9E, 03, 10, 89, 35, 90, 9E, 03, 10, 89, 3D, 8C, 9E, 03, 10, 66, 8C, 15, B8, 9E, 03, 10, 66, 8C, 0D, AC, 9E, 03, 10, 66, 8C, 1D, 88, 9E, 03, 10, 66, 8C, 05, 84, 9E, 03, 10, 66, 8C, 25, 80, 9E, 03, 10, 66, 8C, 2D, 7C, 9E, 03, 10, 9C, 8F, 05, B0, 9E, 03, 10, 8B, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.5928

Code size:
196 KB (200,704 bytes)

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