cgminer-heavy-2014-03-27.zip
The file cgminer-heavy-2014-03-27.zip has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. The file has been seen being downloaded from hvcdl.1gh.com.
File name:
cgminer-heavy-2014-03-27.zip
MD5:
19c79955ea466e6575251abd9e9247d2
SHA-1:
400bcce85201a1d1f1bfb5762422912b616fcce7
SHA-256:
4dc350aa22c0de9b887a34433f63c8a24d4f2f6b448829fddc80d78dad132b60
Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
11/14/2024 3:46:33 PM UTC (today)
Scan engine
Detection
Engine version
Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1
Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bitcoinminer.Gen
7.11.143.156
avast!
Win32:BitCoinMiner-FR [PUP]
2014.9-150308
Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.1538
Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18110
Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.141
9.0.1.067
ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BF (variant)
9.9680
McAfee
Artemis!03DC7DD65DF3
5600.6833
Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0328
7.2.67
VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.CoinMiner.ba
28252
File size:
1.7 MB (1,796,489 bytes)
Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cgminer-heavy-2014-03-27.zip
The file cgminer-heavy-2014-03-27.zip has been seen being distributed by the following URL.