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cgminer.exe

The application cgminer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. 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 ck.kolivas.org.
MD5:
f34d989b207e003cd9db40bc2ad0cec5

SHA-1:
6cbb11ba4dcc9ea8d306f7c3480c43be49ab81e8

SHA-256:
dcf92d21a17858b6ac9d445d74161926334b3744f30b1047aaa2f7cde0879c9f

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/24/2024 8:45:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bitcoinminer.Gen
8.3.2.2

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.16322

Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.657
9.0.1.082

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BF potentially unsafe (variant)
10.12529

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BitCoinMiner
3/22/2016

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.212.17779

Sophos
Bitcoin Miner (PUA)
4.98

File size:
1.1 MB (1,127,438 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cgminer.exe

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hWsExs7NGjUJMEBOAwkPhgZkz6yHveMicNAfzOguA3WjcVypFMvU:1xYUJME/NHveaOfzOgN3CcVypKc

Entry address:
0x1280

Entry point:
83, EC, 1C, C7, 04, 24, 01, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, D0, B5, 51, 00, E8, 6B, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 74, 26, 00, 8D, BC, 27, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 1C, C7, 04, 24, 02, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, D0, B5, 51, 00, E8, 4B, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 74, 26, 00, 8D, BC, 27, 00, 00, 00, 00, A1, 28, B6, 51, 00, FF, E0, 89, F6, 8D, BC, 27, 00, 00, 00, 00, A1, 00, B6, 51, 00, FF, E0, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 89, E5, 83, EC, 18, C7, 04, 24, 00, 40, 4D, 00, E8, 6A, A7, 0C, 00, BA, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 04, 85, C0, 74, 15, C7, 44...
 
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Code size:
827.5 KB (847,360 bytes)

The file cgminer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/.../cgminer.exe

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