PUA_BITCOINMINER.GC

 Analysis by: Johnlery Triunfante

 ALIASES:

RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.igdp (KASPERSKY); W32/BitCoinMiner.DN (FORTINET)

 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. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

241,664 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

10 Sep 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.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application requires the existence of the following files to properly run:

  • {malware path}\config.json