Analysis by: Bren Matthew Ebriega
 Modified by: Karen Ivy Titiwa
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Coinminer

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infecção: Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Coinminer may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 2,441 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: Other
Residente na memória: Yes
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 09 Nov 2020
Carga útil: Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

This Coinminer may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Coinminer requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

It does the following:

  • It uses the following details for it's coinmining routine:
    • Mining Pool:
      • xmr.{BLOCKED}g.com:3333

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.800
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 16.346.07
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 12 Nov 2020
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 16.347.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 13 Nov 2020

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Coinminer.Win32.MALXMR.CFG. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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