cpuminer-x11-11.exe

CPU Miner - Setup

The Group

The application cpuminer-x11-11.exe by The Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn-14b7.kxcdn.com.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by The Group)

Product:
CPU Miner - Setup

Version:
1.1

MD5:
84a41649a328c48ebe8b57abb790924b

SHA-1:
8fa56af2f7ee6a4bf087451a4f21027f711004f3

SHA-256:
d33822cb80f253503eaa9251e3acb3efd9fbde773fdc6fdf8ba8cd9b1654c111

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:23:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TheGroup.Installer (M)
15.10.11.12

File size:
4.6 MB (4,821,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

Copyright:
2015 - Open Source

Original file name:
cpuminer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\cpuminer-x11-11.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/31/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/31/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=The Group, O=The Group, STREET="vul. Gagarina, 5", L=Khmelnytskyy, S=Khmelnytska obl, PostalCode=29000, C=UA

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

Serial number:
47800CE335CF5196AC9AFB9061AA72E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 11:40:03 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:/CfZJJae38muMliSNzqtiUGDesVTIbTyxoKFxgO4V:6hTl1q4XKsTIbTWy

Entry address:
0x321A

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, F8, 1F, 7A, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 44, 1F, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, F8, D4, 79, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 40, 17, 7A, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9983

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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