PUA_TOOLXMR.GC-ELF

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

Übertragungsdetails

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

Andere Details

Es macht Folgendes:

• This is a coin miner used to generate bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies and it requires credentials for the mining server.
• It accepts the following parameters:
  • -a, --algo=ALGO -> specify the algorithm to use 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
  • -S, --syslog -> use system log for output messages
  • --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 system's central processing unit (CPU) resources to mine for cryptocurrency. This behavior makes the system run abnormally slow.