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cpuminer.exe

CPU Miner - Setup

Ukrainski TELE Radio Systemy, TOV

The file cpuminer.exe by Ukrainski TELE Radio Systemy, TOV has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 16 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 Ukrainski TELE Radio Systemy, TOV)

Product:
CPU Miner - Setup

Version:
1.2

MD5:
538e3bbb8db28845ee4776afff023c6a

SHA-1:
6680768d96669af1aa04b27b84a0fc7a13f88a30

SHA-256:
f5856c8b5b9ca608553eccd056a1fb5bc7ee4b8a3ea709626f3589b87756fc85

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
12/28/2024 9:58:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
540

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BitCoinMiner.2749752
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Trojan.Strictor.D1575E
1.0.0.425

avast!
Multi:BitCoinMiner-B [PUP]
2014.9-150813

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.15813

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
1.0.20.1125

Dr.Web
Trojan.BtcMine.711
9.0.1.0225

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
8.15.08.13.03

ESET NOD32
Win64/BitCoinMiner.AT potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12086

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
11.2015-13-08_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
15.8.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.1.9.5.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.87902
16.0.0.675

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.97a
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BitcoinMiner.UkrainskiTELERadioSystemyTOV.Installer (M)
15.8.13.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
42842

File size:
4.1 MB (4,258,032 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

Copyright:
2015 - Open Source

Original file name:
cpuminer.exe

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\awhd9b3.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ukrainski TELE Radio Systemy, TOV

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/7/2015 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2016 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Ukrainski TELE Radio Systemy, TOV", O="Ukrainski TELE Radio Systemy, TOV", STREET="str. Mykoly Vasylenka, 7-A", L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=03124, C=UA

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

Serial number:
009882AAE495F456A8E1CC9AB3E5DC2B4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 3:40:10 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:EyClMVpP1eA0JRDR7U9TnM4p4felvxMgaTV8kbU:EyC2HiRDETMw4fax+Ty

Entry address:
0x30B6

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 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, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 52, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 40, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9985

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

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

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