Coinminer.Win32.MALXMR.PCH

October 22, 2019

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 Modified by: Jay Garcia

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 ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner (Microsoft); RDN/Generic.exp (McAfee); Trojan.Win32.Inject.alsse (Kaspersky); Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT (Sunbelt)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

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  Threat Type: Coinminer
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  Destructiveness: No
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  Encrypted:
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  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

713,728 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

22 Oct 2019

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 connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• http://lpp.{BLOCKED}2.com
• http://lpp.{BLOCKED}g.com

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.150.07

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

03 Jun 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.151.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

04 Jun 2019

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 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 Coinminer.Win32.MALXMR.PCH. 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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:

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