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taskswatch.exe

M/s Children Code

The application taskswatch.exe by M/s Children Code has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘TasksWatch’. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
M/s Children Code  (signed and verified)

MD5:
773a4d636d80245d5b7e4e2e3658ecfd

SHA-1:
811ad55a8eaf76e0a70aede4413d57bc6de9794f

SHA-256:
859056e126661c899d536398d0fcab93c625a2729788aa93fa093f10067a2497

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of a backdoor IRC bot network.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:58:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
1027

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.BitCoinMiner
14.04.14

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Symmi.39392.3
7.11.138.80

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
1.0.20.520

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
8.14.04.14.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/Packed.Themida (variant)
8.9573

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
11.2014-14-04_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
14.4.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
15.0.0.312

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.96d
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MsChildrenCode.K
14.4.14.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Backdoor.Win32.Ircbot.gen
27610

File size:
1.2 MB (1,254,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\taskswatch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
M/s Children Code

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/10/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/11/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=M/s Children Code, O=M/s Children Code, STREET="Plot No. F-125,", STREET="Sector 74,", STREET="Industrial Area, Phase 8B", L=Mohali, S=Punjab, PostalCode=160071, C=IN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
355CDFD525F643928F3A5700D87F0799

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2014 10:58:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nZdb17SSXgAN62YuIzyN/lofm0zPNxSk0qi9GD1GvwHD/xDc+Nd8:nxM2ayX0zPCk1D1DW

Entry address:
0x329000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 80, 12, 00, 2D, FF, 91, 0A, 10, 05, F4, 91, 0A, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, EF, 17, 21, 6F, 68, EC, 34, F4, 0B, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, C1, 63, 0F, C0, 9E, 00, 62, 22, 39, 46, 6B, 67, 1A, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.9049  (probably packed)

Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
TasksWatch

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\taskswatch.exe"


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