Analysis by: Christopher Daniel So
 ALIASES:

Program:Java/BitCoinMiner (Microsoft), Trojan.Win32.SMSSend.Java.BitCoinMiner (Ikarus)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This hacking tool may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: Varies
Tipo de arquivo: Java Class
Residente na memória: Yes
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 02 Nov 2011

Arrival Details

This hacking tool may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:

This is the Trend Micro detection for Java classes collectively called DiabloMiner that functions as a Bitcoin miner used to generate bitcoins.

It uses the computer's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) through the OpenCL framework for perform the hashing computations quickly.

The following is the hacking tool's help information:


  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.200
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 8.558.01
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 08 Nov 2011
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 8.559.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 09 Nov 2011

Step 1

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users, before doing any scans, please make sure you disable System Restore to allow full scanning of your computer.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as JAVA_COINMINE.A. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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