What is Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe?

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe is part of Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard and developed by Heimdal Security according to the Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe version information.

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe's description is "Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard"

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe is digitally signed by Heimdal Security A/S.

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Heimdal\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard
Company nameHeimdal Security
File descriptionHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard
Internal nameHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe
Original filenameHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe
CommentsHeimdal Security
Legal copyrightCopyright © Heimdal Security A/S 2014
Product version2.5.303.3000
File version2.5.303.3000

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard
Company nameHeimdal Security
File descriptionHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard
Internal nameHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe
Original filenameHeimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe
CommentsHeimdal Security
Legal copyrightCopyright © Heimdal Security A/S 2014
Product version2.5.303.3000
File version2.5.303.3000

Digital signatures [?]

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameHeimdal Security A/S
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0cebff0664cfacf0d101e448ec87f010

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093.bin",
        "process_name": "2f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093.bin",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093.bin.config"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1605329587.625,
        "ppid": 2924
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1605329587.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.224421977996826,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2350,
            "time": 6.160278797149658,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2678,
            "time": 4.165153980255127,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
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            "sport": 53848
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "time": 4.6652679443359375,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3662,
            "time": 3.05861496925354,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3990,
            "time": 4.677510023117065,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8466,
            "time": 4.193655967712402,
            "dport": 3702,
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        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12658,
            "time": 6.255950927734375,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "145a6f98b0f7b9a5a276a7c1b2fe60fca928c73dde8b58981b0415fd91dcede2",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "754618013d2271a366e6c1bbb2ef90ed2a49aa1364f05ab47e8902b2627aaef3",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
53TCP v61
64804UDP v41
64805UDP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55f3d6a1daf8134c5629ef03c7520d72e
SHA2562f4cef98eeb7375060145b4b3f98d53429d6ff95cb464b728f29436b45da7093

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to heimdal.darklayerguard.exe:

heimdal.darklayerguard.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

heimdal.darklayerguard.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Heimdal.DarkLayerGuard has stopped working.

End Program - heimdal.darklayerguard.exe. This program is not responding.

heimdal.darklayerguard.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

heimdal.darklayerguard.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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