cpuminer-gw64.exe

LLC

The application cpuminer-gw64.exe by LLC has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘cpuminer’.
Publisher:
LLC   (signed and verified)

MD5:
29c2c49a229be3a08de1d5b8368eb2a0

SHA-1:
684116d41abc1c5850e70fa4f7a9c652fca358ff

SHA-256:
11c3e29a4c3a5a9f493e90163f92e8d770f6a2873e72413850921d0059622b1d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 2:38:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.Meta (M)
16.1.21.12

File size:
1.4 MB (1,455,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\cpuminer-gw64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/6/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/6/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="LLC ""LAYN-PROEKT""", O="LLC ""LAYN-PROEKT""", STREET="Vulitsya Bogdana Khmel''nits''kogo , Budinok 106", L=Lviv, S=Lvivska, PostalCode=79019, C=UA

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

Serial number:
00E17C1DB2CCC44BCBE684F843F1CF4F3C

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:E+wfDbGh80kUeK7owGqjYF6cr0N/XZppSh5/YPCgumpR0NfBdTyEPpUzYlp9eT+O:E+ES1kU9yqcr8Ah5/YKgumpR0NfBrP2R

Entry address:
0x38F3C0

Entry point:
53, 56, 57, 55, 48, 8D, 35, 5A, 2C, EA, FF, 48, 8D, BE, DB, EF, DC, FF, 48, 8D, 87, 4C, D8, 37, 00, FF, 30, C7, 00, 97, E4, DD, 55, 50, 57, 31, DB, 31, C9, 48, 83, CD, FF, E8, 50, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 74, 02, F3, C3, 8B, 1E, 48, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 8A, 16, F3, C3, 48, 8D, 04, 2F, 83, F9, 05, 8A, 10, 76, 21, 48, 83, FD, FC, 77, 1B, 83, E9, 04, 8B, 10, 48, 83, C0, 04, 83, E9, 04, 89, 17, 48, 8D, 7F, 04, 73, EF, 83, C1, 04, 8A, 10, 74, 10, 48, FF, C0, 88, 17, 83, E9, 01, 8A, 10, 48, 8D, 7F, 01, 75, F0, F3, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.9360  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.4 MB (1,433,600 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
cpuminer

Command:
C:\Windows\System32\cpuminer-gw64.exe


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