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- TSPY_COINSTEAL.B
Trojan.Win32.CoinStealer.i (Kaspersky), Win32/PSW.CoinStealer.D trojan (ESET), Troj/BitSteal-A (Sophos)
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware
This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
4,476,928 bytes
EXE
Yes
15 Mar 2014
Connects to URLs/IPs
Arrival Details
This spyware 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 spyware drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:
(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista and 7.)
It drops the following component file(s):
(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista and 7.)
Stolen Information
This spyware sends the gathered information via HTTP POST to the following URL:
NOTES:
This spyware searches for the following files:
It deletes the following files once it has searched all available drives:
9.700
10.670.06
17 Mar 2014
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
Terminate the malware/grayware/spyware process:
Step 3
Search and delete these files
Step 4
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_COINSTEAL.B. 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.