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Worm:Win32/Puccmine.A

First posted on 01 October 2014.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Worm:Win32/Puccmine.A.

Explanation :

Threat behavior

Installation

Worm:Win32/Puccmine.A copies itself to c:\documents and settings\administrator\\.exe. The malware creates files on your PC using variable file names, for example:

• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp\8s3q3yfc.bat - detected as Worm:BAT/Puccmine.A
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp\8sd7pe5s.bat - detected as Worm:BAT/Puccmine.A

The malware creates the following files on your PC:

• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\libcurl.dll
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\minerd.exe
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\pthreadgc2.dll
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\zlib1.dll
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\libcurl.dll
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\minerd.exe
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\pthreadgc2.dll
• c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\zlib1.dll

Payload

Contacts remote host

Worm:Win32/Puccmine.A might contact a remote host at mine.pool-x.eu using port 9000. Commonly, malware does this to:

• Report a new infection to its author
• Receive configuration or other data
• Download and run files, including updates or other malware
• Receive instructions from a remote hacker
• Upload data taken from your PC

This malware description was produced and published using automated analysis of file SHA1 4d9060d08d38347b99065807bfdfd63d5d3259b0.Symptoms

System changes

The following could indicate that you have this threat on your PC:

• You have these files:
  
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\libcurl.dll
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\minerd.exe
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\pthreadgc2.dll
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb07004c.bb\zlib1.dll
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\libcurl.dll
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\minerd.exe
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\pthreadgc2.dll
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\application data\qb0743ae.43\zlib1.dll
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp\8s3q3yfc.bat
  c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp\8sd7pe5s.bat

Last update 01 October 2014

 

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