Home / malware Trojan.Coinbitminer
First posted on 08 April 2013.
Source: SecurityHomeAliases :
There are no other names known for Trojan.Coinbitminer.
Explanation :
Trojan.Coinbitminer is a Trojan horse that uses the resources of the compromised computer to mine bitcoins.
When the Trojan executes, it installs legitimate bitcoin mining software onto the compromised computer to mine bitcoins for the remote attacker.
It then creates the following files:
- %Temp%hstart.exe
- %Temp%svchoost.exe (bitcoin mining software)
- %Temp% est.bat (a batch file that runs the bitcoin mining software with the attacker's chosen parameters)
Last update 08 April 2013
