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.
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.

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