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feathercoin-0.8.7.0-setup.exe

Feathercoin

Feathercoin project

The executable feathercoin-0.8.7.0-setup.exe has been detected as malware by 6 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.feathercoin.com.
Publisher:
Feathercoin project

Product:
Feathercoin

Version:
0.8.7.0

MD5:
40e21e691d2fdd32398752deebb43175

SHA-1:
3ca6e367604549ba7c9580a1b6175c527048ccc6

SHA-256:
6e3b40ba4122cd65031796a9faff05555d6c1832b1153d6dc5945018922b4262

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Malware

Explanation:
The program will mine for BitCoins using the computer's GPU in the background and may be installed and run without the user's knowledge.

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 7:30:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BitCoinMiner.21021696.1
7.11.190.6

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150106

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BJ (variant)
9.10818

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.1.8.5.0

McAfee
Artemis!40E21E691D2F
5600.6894

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1113
7.2.6

File size:
7.2 MB (7,520,779 bytes)

Product version:
0.8.7.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\feathercoin-0.8.7.0-setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 10:03:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:p7bsl5G3eHufbYUHGPt0Ku1cni3po6rMsEFNdxGucyiEmA9F3FOUn:p7sW2ufbrPmi3wN3jCzmjTn

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file feathercoin-0.8.7.0-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://www.feathercoin.com/.../feathercoin-0.8.7.0-setup.exe

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