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PUA_BITCOINMINER

July 17, 2017
 Analysis by: Jeanne Jocson
 ALIASES:

Win32/BitCoinMiner.BF potentially unsafe application (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet


This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

18,190,336 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

17 Jul 2017

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application does the following:

  • It requires other components to properly execute.
  • It mines coins for GPU, FPGA and CPU.
  • It has (over)clocking and fanspeed control for Bitcoin and Derivative coins

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.607.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

19 Mar 2015

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA_BITCOINMINER. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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