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researcher-latest.exe

Smart Compute Ltd

The application researcher-latest.exe by Smart Compute has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Smart Compute Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7387f46631751a88709c6073372f34fa

SHA-1:
8aa51d551c5b4385388aad6f1708ee655dc64d13

SHA-256:
d7122eb52e61bc857901fed81bd55ee0f8d9e58c10c7baba282d79575677dbb8

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/25/2024 6:48:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Agentb
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BitCoinMinerCA.A.32
7.11.149.54

avast!
NSIS:BitCoinMiner-E [PUP]
2014.9-140728

AVG
BitCoinMiner.C
2015.0.3399

Bkav FE
W32.Clodcdd.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18263

Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.83
9.0.1.0209

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Win32.MegaSearch
8.14.07.28.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BF (variant)
8.9791

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/BitCoinMiner.D
7/28/2014

G Data
Win32.Trojan.Agent.9YYDBM
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12061

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
14.0.0.3491

Malwarebytes
Trojan.BitcoinMiner
v2014.07.28.05

McAfee
Artemis!7387F4663175
5600.7055

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BtcMine.cjehqd
0.28.0.59826

Norman
BitCoinMiner.STR
11.20140728

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.07.28.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.94c
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmartCompute.R
14.8.31.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BitCoinMiner!6.1225
23.00.65.14726

Sophos
Generic PUA IG
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
HKTL_COINMINE
7.2.209

Trend Micro
HKTL_COINMINE
10.465.28

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Agentb
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29154

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Agentb.Win32.1335
2.0.0.1786

File size:
1.4 MB (1,431,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\researcher-latest.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Compute Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/5/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/6/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Compute Ltd, O=Smart Compute Ltd, POBox=Suite LP21498, STREET=145-157 St John Street, L=Clerkenwell, S=London, PostalCode=EC1V 4PW, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00CB9E4160189018A02F5EC6ABCEC74C32

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nbgmat0eBm5lUsXkX9w71J8cbSMap7AXTVQaMKkzZ+7HaN9V:bjIDm5usXu9o31apGTVQJ

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9956

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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