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ANDROIDOS_CHMINER.A

February 03, 2018
 Analysis by: Lorin Wu
 PLATFORM:

Android

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

  • Threat Type: Coinminer

  • Destructiveness: Yes

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Rapid spreading Miner botnet

This Coinminer arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

46526 bytes

Memory Resident:

Yes

Arrival Details

This Coinminer arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

Other Details

This Coinminer 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.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

Step 1

Remove unwanted apps on your Android mobile device

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Step 2

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