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vndns.exe

The application vndns.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. While running, it connects to the Internet address host.colocrossing.com on port 9327.
MD5:
058962c5be285e11368055eb7ffee597

SHA-1:
f54b6325cde69b9bc1586bfd498c8a290d086c9c

SHA-256:
b257859042e84c2081b0ddcab4663d459ebf2b3e45f54be5090ded915147e5c1

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
12/30/2024 6:24:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.BitCoinMiner
2014.09.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bitcoinminer.Gen
7.11.173.226

avast!
Win32:BitCoinMiner-EJ [PUP]
2014.9-160529

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.16529

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
19589

Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.184
9.0.1.0150

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY (variant)
10.10450

Malwarebytes
Trojan.BitcoinMiner
v2016.05.29.06

Sophos
Bitcoin Miner
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.hg!b1
33354

File size:
1.5 MB (1,587,715 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2013 11:39:09 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.23

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gn1ztChx6iHJyvwlbphOSsLY6oP25ckqkzH5HmNq9cW1HJhqRJiK9IhDBN:egx/HJE0mLFJlzH5Hqq9cOHiRU/

Entry address:
0x12A0

Entry point:
83, EC, 1C, C7, 04, 24, 01, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, B7, 49, 00, E8, 4B, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 74, 26, 00, 8D, BC, 27, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 1C, C7, 04, 24, 02, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, B7, 49, 00, E8, 2B, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 74, 26, 00, 8D, BC, 27, 00, 00, 00, 00, A1, E4, B7, 49, 00, FF, E0, 89, F6, 8D, BC, 27, 00, 00, 00, 00, A1, D0, B7, 49, 00, FF, E0, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, A1, 78, 13, 48, 00, 85, C0, 74, 41, 55, 89, E5, 83, EC, 18, C7, 04, 24, 00, 20, 48, 00, E8, F9, CC, 07, 00, BA, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3911

Code size:
501.5 KB (513,536 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP:
Connects to host.colocrossing.com  (23.94.28.182:9327)

TCP:
Connects to 69.197.18.174.afraid.org  (69.197.18.174:9327)

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