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hlsvc.exe

Highlightly Client Service

Highlightly

This is part of the InfoAtoms browser extension which will display variopus forms of advertising in the web browser by injecting new ads such as banner, text-links and search results. The application hlsvc.exe by Highlightly has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Highlightly Client Service”. This file is typically installed with the program Highlightly by InfoAtoms, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

hlsvc.exe

Publisher:

Highlightly (signed and verified)

Product:

Highlightly Client Service

Version:

1.9.0.3

MD5:

b9ca10e2bc1ede0ab81721099dacdc19

SHA-1:

f37db90694b48ac30745aa8d63fa3866add7fe59

SHA-256:

a43e94b82f0b9d4684f4760380154c7e96f0780562fd3f0f0c5ec6d4601a28b2

Scanner detections:

16 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 11:39:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.AdPage.A

694

AVG

Generic5

2016.0.3172

Bitdefender

Adware.AdPage.A

1.0.20.360

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

19802

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.101

9.0.1.072

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.AdPage

8.15.03.13.01

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/Vitruvian

3/13/2015

F-Secure

Adware.AdPage.A

11.2015-13-03_6

G Data

Adware.AdPage

15.3.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.AdPage

t3scan.1.7.8.0

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.AdPage.A

16.0.0.216

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Plugin.csnyel

0.28.2.62671

nProtect

Adware.AdPage.A

14.10.14.01

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Highlightly.F

14.4.23.23

Sophos

Generic PUA JI

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

InfoAtoms

33924

File size:

266.6 KB (273,000 bytes)

Product version:

1.9.0.3

Original file name:

hlsvc.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\highlightly\service\hlsvc.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Highlightly

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

3/12/2014 1:03:11 PM

Valid to:

7/5/2015 1:25:40 PM

Subject:

E=support@gethighlightly.com, CN=Highlightly, OU=Highlightly, O=Highlightly, L=La Jolla, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

11212BBBE8825E5C9A20B6A396BBFD1C37FB

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/1/2014 1:00:31 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:5n7Hgg7vynKshluhIum1zZ/+RYGtw+Kl6hQm0ycmBGpzbQ4/t1M5+ZCVbCTBfobS:5nsw7Wus/rm4B7lC5vbCTBsV6UheL5

Entry address:

0x203B1

Entry point:

E8, E2, 55, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 5B, 5E, 5F, C3, F7, C7, 03... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.3174

Code size:

176.5 KB (180,736 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Highlightly Client Service

Service name:

hlsvc

Description:

This service enables Highlightly on HTTP websites

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

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

Highlightly by InfoAtoms, Inc.

This web browser plugin injects various forms of advertising in the user's web browsers. Ads appear as popup windows, banner ads and text links.

www.gethighlightly.com

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