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twitter.exe

The application twitter.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 home-roll.info and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
62b9908403d972003de0ce9242b37b1e

SHA-1:
846cfa6e50bfcc8856edf2e094631f57f76e15aa

SHA-256:
2f39b30f5e2a89f802dae96af5e3cf8c96feef63ebe40505deb9a783bf77bdb5

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
12/25/2024 1:30:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AegisLab AV Signature
Troj.BAT.BitCoinMiner
2.1.4+

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-140927

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29667
9.0.1.0270

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.Agent
14.0.0.2826

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10189

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
440.5 KB (451,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\twitter.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Ze34uUcOpe3+iXu0WG29U3gkGlmzTaOkFDh/fyOacGLSE48WIz3qf7PoH6ZaFlD7:uUcsW+0WOdGQzIFFdMlz3yGDh93

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9408

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file twitter.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://home-roll.info/wrp/download.php?name=twitter&durl=http://freeinstall.org/ttrp.php?transaction_id=102ddf11d5258801d79ed760c62b37&affiliate_id=1184&offer_id=1346&name=Twitter&exe=http://c572af6f.com/.../Twitter.exe

http://home-roll.info/wrp/download.php?name=twitter&durl=http://freeinstall.org/ttrp.php?transaction_id=102ddf11d5258801d79ed760c62b37&affiliate_id=1184&offer_id=1346&name=Twitter&exe=http://c572af6f.com/.../Twitter.exe

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