Analysis by: Christopher Daniel So

 ALIASES:

OSX/Miner-D (Sophos), MAC.OSX.Trojan.DevilRobber.A (BitDefender)

 PLATFORM:

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

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This is the Trend Micro detection for torrent files which download a copy of OSX_COINMINE.A bundled within a legitimate application.

This Trojan may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 31,902 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: Other
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 02 Nov 2011

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

It may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:

This is the Trend Micro detection for torrent files which download a copy of OSX_COINMINE.A bundled within a legitimate application.

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.200
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 8.558.04
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 08 Nov 2011
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 8.559.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 08 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

Remove malware files dropped/downloaded by TROJ_COINMINE.A

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_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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