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- Coinminer.Win64.MALXMR.TIAOODBZ
HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky)
Windows
This miner figured in the fileless GhostMiner that uses WMI Objects. GhostMiner is known to kill competing other miner payloads.
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.
It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.
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 adds the following mutexes to ensure that only one of its copies runs at any one time:
Other Details
This Coinminer does the following:
It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency. This behavior makes the system run abnormally slow.
Step 1
Trend Micro products with the XGen technology detect this malware as
Step 2
Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 3
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 4
Identify and terminate files detected as Coinminer.Win64.MALXMR.TIAOODBZ
Step 5
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Coinminer.Win64.MALXMR.TIAOODBZ. 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: