PUA_COINMINE.A
PLATFORM:
Windows
OVERALL RISK RATING:
DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
REPORTED INFECTION:
INFORMATION EXPOSURE:
Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
File Size:
2,794,496 bytes
File Type:
EXE
Initial Samples Received Date:
03 Apr 2017
Arrival Details
This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
NOTES:
This PUA uses the system’s CPU to mine bitcoins.
It connects to the following mining pool(s): stratum+tcp://pool37.{BLOCKED}ners.net:2982
It requires other components to execute properly.