cgminer-heavy-2014-04-01.zip
The file cgminer-heavy-2014-04-01.zip has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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-2014-04-01.zip
MD5:
13f51e4ef723643a2a6375445780b61e
SHA-1:
260dc2d0a36e3d8b2e78e3c67e164f1c4f73f3e4
SHA-256:
4b2e851394461ecd56d59923e20b1198c1791c8d825a55824c029447e62118e3
Scanner detections:
9 / 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 3:36:23 PM UTC (today)
Scan engine
Detection
Engine version
Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bitcoinminer.Gen
7.11.141.68
avast!
Win32:BitCoinMiner-FR [PUP]
2014.9-150308
Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.1538
Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18047
Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.141
9.0.1.067
ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BF (variant)
9.9638
McAfee
Artemis!86676E79FD97
5600.6833
Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0331
7.2.67
VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.CoinMiner.ba
28026
File size:
1.6 MB (1,702,735 bytes)
Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cgminer-heavy-2014-04-01.zip
The file cgminer-heavy-2014-04-01.zip has been seen being distributed by the following URL.