COINMINER.WIN32.MALXMR.AX

This Coinminer arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.

Arrival Details

This Coinminer arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Coinminer does the following:

• It accepts the following parameters:
  • -a, --algo=ALGO → cryptonight (default) or cryptonight-lite
  • -o, --url=URL → URL of mining server
  • -O, --userpass=U:P → username:password pair for mining server
  • -u, --user=USERNAME → username for mining server
  • -p, --pass=PASSWORD → password for mining server
  • -t, --threads=N → number of miner threads
  • -v, --av=N → algorithm variation, 0 auto select
  • -k, --keepalive → send keepalived for prevent timeout (need pool support)
  • -r, --retries=N → number of times to retry before switch to backup server (default: 5)
  • -R, --retry-pause=N → time to pause between retries (default: 5)
  • --cpu-affinity → set process affinity to CPU core(s), mask 0x3 for cores 0 and 1
  • --cpu-priority → set process priority (0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)
  • --no-huge-pages → disable huge pages support
  • --no-color → disable colored output
  • --variant → algorithm PoW variant
  • --donate-level=N → donate level, default 5%% (5 minutes in 100 minutes)
  • --user-agent → set custom user-agent string for pool
  • -B, --background → run the miner in the background
  • -c, --config=FILE → load a JSON-format configuration file
  • -l, --log-file=FILE → log all output to a file
  • --max-cpu-usage=N → maximum CPU usage for automatic threads mode (default 75)
  • --safe → safe adjust threads and av settings for current CPU
  • --nicehash → enable nicehash/xmrig-proxy support
  • --print-time=N → print hashrate report every N seconds
  • --api-port=N → port for the miner API
  • --api-access-token=T → access token for API
  • --api-worker-id=ID → custom worker-id for API
  • -h, --help → display this help and exit
  • -V, --version → output version information and exit
• It uses the following details for its coin mining routine:
  • URL: s{BLOCKED}cp://pool.{BLOCKED}txmr.com:80
  • Wallet Address: {BLOCKED}uZwQTy2MQ9QeADcaNEWEMfvbyN2jr8gAhj1JLSpzLDSjETfWxrwLvACXuFadeQ8tRZWy8
• It connects to the following URL which is related to its coin mining routine:
  • {BLOCKED}sh.com
  • {BLOCKED}ate.com

It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency. This behavior makes the system run abnormally slow.