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CPU Miner - Setup

TELE MAKS, TOV

The application cdn.exe by TELE MAKS, TOV has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by TELE MAKS, TOV)

Product:
CPU Miner - Setup

Version:
1.1

MD5:
81842762f790fd11e58704bb98d50c39

SHA-1:
7dca57a43877aff28c47e197c54045bfa4ca5840

SHA-256:
6278f23935871c8224b715378b164d0971580bae53b5d17e47f34d926e1b9fc3

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The program will mine for BitCoins using the computer's GPU in the background and may be installed and run without the user's knowledge.

Analysis date:
3/12/2025 1:44:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
353

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BitCoinMiner.5014912
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Trojan.Strictor.D1575E
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160216

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.16216

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
1.0.20.235

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
8.16.02.16.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe (variant)
10.11767

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
11.2016-16-02_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
16.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16204

McAfee
Artemis!8ACA9298BE15
5600.6487

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
17.0.0.141

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.BitCoinMiner.dqgttf
0.30.24.2086

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
16.02.16.08

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.993F333F
7.2.47

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
41014

File size:
4.8 MB (5,014,912 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

Copyright:
2015 - Open Source

Original file name:
cpuminer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\cdn.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TELE MAKS, TOV

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/28/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="TELE MAKS, TOV", O="TELE MAKS, TOV", STREET="Bud. 1 Litera Ch, vul.Magnitogorska", L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=02094, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
009DE6D11840C4D7D02B3DB3EB46E21329

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 6:40:03 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:vbHfKZdswjFgu8iKtfwZklSATTSYJzd/xjQY1PTcmDZnrbl:vb/asiWu81cklS5QfnPImDZnXl

Entry address:
0x321A

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, F8, 1F, 7A, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 44, 1F, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, F8, D4, 79, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 40, 17, 7A, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9982

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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