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Trojan.BtcMine.221

Posted: January 17, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 99
First Seen: January 17, 2014
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Trojan.BtcMine.221 is a Trojan that is covered as a legitimate application such as VLC Player, or VPN software using affected PCs to mine Litecoins, an open source P2P digital currency that’s similar to Bitcoin. Trojan.BtcMine.221 can also be covered as a browser plug-in that helps PC users with shopping offers. Trojan.BtcMine.221 is signed with digital certificates obtained by the creators for legitimate programs. Trojan.BtcMine.221 is spread via questionable or malicious websites. Once Trojan.BtcMine.221 affects a computer system, it starts mining for Litecoins by using the computing resources of the device. Sometimes, Trojan.BtcMine.221 uses only CPU resources for mining the digital currency, but sometimes, Trojan.BtcMine.221 can also use the GPU.

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