Coinminer.Win64.TOOLXMR.AT

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 does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

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.

Propagation

This Coinminer does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Coinminer does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Coinminer does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Coinminer does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Coinminer 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 cores0 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
  --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 support
  --print-time=N print hashrate report every N seconds
  -h, --help display this help and exit
  -V, --version output version information and exit
• The coinminer also accepts the following configuration files: {Coinminer Directory}\config.json

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.