Analysis by: Noel Anthony Llimos

ALIASES:

Trojan.Win32.Inject.gdeo (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
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 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Coinminer

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Coinminer 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

Tamaño del archivo 194,057 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 11 Mar 2019

Arrival Details

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

Installation

This Coinminer drops the following files:

  • %User Profile%\run_mmca.exe
  • %User Profile%\__tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_{Random Numbers}

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 14.864.04
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 11 Mar 2019
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 14.865.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 12 Mar 2019

Step 1

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

Step 2

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Search and delete this file

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  • %User Profile%\run_mmca.exe
  • %User Profile%\__tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_{Random Numbers}

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Coinminer.Win32.MALBTC.AF. 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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