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cpuminer-gw64.exe

LLC `SOFT LTD Solyushen`

The application cpuminer-gw64.exe by LLC `SOFT Solyushen` has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘cpuminer’. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power.
Publisher:
LLC `SOFT LTD Solyushen`  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cae12f57b2e3aabf56b64b9c7055f127

SHA-1:
ddc0ffcd88a9e442655943df0cc32d7f840a9b06

SHA-256:
868fd6c8d8c499f3757be2d5a3e1be0233c2b2537ed8b282f7777004a5182daa

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
12/27/2024 5:50:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Miner-B [PUP]
2014.9-150620

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:RiskTool.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.1.9.5.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.SOFTSolyushen.Meta (M)
15.6.20.0

File size:
3.4 MB (3,524,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LLC `SOFT LTD Solyushen`

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/27/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=LLC `SOFT LTD Solyushen`, O=LLC `SOFT LTD Solyushen`, STREET="str. Yaroslaviv val, 14-A", L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=01030, C=UA

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

Serial number:
393329C34D7FB7830C73E330DF5360ED

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:x7DvSRFlyUStLjsUHJYQ2gz52wDYnZZnSLGldo4dc8r8bTV20S3Ifym0:VUFhS1sU+gD6HSiZdVN

Entry address:
0x14D0

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, C7, 05, 02, 67, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 6D, CB, 26, 00, E8, 98, FC, FF, FF, 90, 90, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 90, 48, 83, EC, 38, 4C, 89, 4C, 24, 58, 4C, 8D, 4C, 24, 58, 4C, 89, 4C, 24, 28, E8, 18, D7, 26, 00, 48, 83, C4, 38, C3, 0F, 1F, 00, 53, 48, 83, EC, 20, 85, C9, 89, CB, 74, 1D, FF, 15, C7, 95, 35, 00, 48, 8D, 15, D8, 5A, 28, 00, 48, 8D, 48, 60, E8, BF, 16, 10, 00, 89, D9, E8, 78, 31, 27, 00, 48, 8D, 0D, 81, 76, 28, 00, E8, DC, 16, 10, 00, EB, EB, 66, 2E, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
2.5 MB (2,574,848 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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