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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 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. 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 cdn-14b7.kxcdn.com.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by The Group)

Product:
CPU Miner - Setup

Version:
1.1

MD5:
edd7a50c2b6c5e0a79e6d9e724a02356

SHA-1:
fcef0656fa680691b202bfd82ed8317390326be2

SHA-256:
c4dec3390cb65e5a36a15d620a8a32c99dd63e551d90fc0f1a586c477867c00e

Scanner detections:
13 / 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 6:44:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
584

Arcabit
Trojan.Strictor.D1575E
1.0.0.425

AVG
Generic_s
2016.0.3062

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
1.0.20.905

Dr.Web
Trojan.BtcMine.711
9.0.1.0181

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
8.15.06.30.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11864

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
11.2015-30-06_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.205.16403

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
16.0.0.543

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.BitCoinMiner.dqgttf
0.30.24.2266

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
41578

File size:
4.4 MB (4,595,504 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:
The Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/31/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/31/2016 12:59:59 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 5:40:30 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:vYbV7eISKAwm3feHAG/j0maTnHA4VCG2tbBmJCJ63gqE3BJgO3LQyuZ:vYZeIBA1feHBj0LTNUbBZJkgJRS3

Entry address:
0x3239

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, 98, E4, 42, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 20, 88, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file cpuminer-x11-11.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn-14b7.kxcdn.com/cdn.exe

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