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zone4.exe

Setup

Open Source

The application zone4.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 zone4.izabelcoin.com.
Publisher:
Open Source

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.2

MD5:
07c380edc1dcd8d40a0711808929fe46

SHA-1:
6b659300041ebb98d383313a5d04e44e8907d1f8

SHA-256:
dad24b8d8234e8c0c3de8eccd4ed49405321fa69b070535826e3078b04e16a8c

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:
12/26/2024 11:33:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Adware Generic_r.AVO
2015.0.4522

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.BtcMine.907
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.BitcoinMiner.16
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
15.0.0.562

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.BitcoinMiner.16
03.02.2016 07:38:05

Sophos
PUA 'CpuMiner'
5.23

File size:
4.4 MB (4,630,448 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

Copyright:
2015 - Open Source

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\zone4.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2015 6:17:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:TQ1ukRfb2TpDxiddXis5I3k8FpYFHg9Rce+ks2g1u2l1tJo:81ukFuKXyUyy4cBk5gX2

Entry address:
0x3217

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, B8, 67, 44, 00, E8, 05, 2E, 00, 00, A3, 04, 67, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B8, 94, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 00, 27, 44, 00, E8, AF, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 55, E8, 9D, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9988

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file zone4.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://zone4.izabelcoin.com/Zone4.exe

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