HKTL_COINIMINE
Windows
Threat Type: Hacking Tool
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Hacking Tool 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
Arrival Details
This Hacking Tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Installation
This Hacking Tool creates the following folders:
- Updatecache
Dropping Routine
This Hacking Tool drops the following files:
- __tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_35906
- Updatecache\libeay32.dll
- Updatecache\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
- Updatecache\libstdc++-6.dll
- Updatecache\libwinpthread-1.dll
- Updatecache\WindowsUpdateUI.exe
- Updatecache\ssleay32.dll
- Updatecache\zlib1.dll
- Updatecache\libcurl.dll
- Updatecache\check.vbe
- Updatecache\run.vbe
- %Windows%\Tasks\GoogleUpdateTaskUI.job
(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
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
Search and delete these components
- __tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_35906
- Updatecache\libeay32.dll
- Updatecache\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
- Updatecache\libstdc++-6.dll
- Updatecache\libwinpthread-1.dll
- Updatecache\WindowsUpdateUI.exe
- Updatecache\ssleay32.dll
- Updatecache\zlib1.dll
- Updatecache\libcurl.dll
- Updatecache\check.vbe
- Updatecache\run.vbe
- %Windows%\Tasks\GoogleUpdateTaskUI.job
Step 3
Search and delete this folder
- Updatecache
Step 4
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HKTL_COINIMINE. 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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