Backdoor.BitCoinMiner

Short bio

Backdoor.BitCoinMiner is  Malwarebytes’ detection name for a few backdoors that install crypto-currency miners on the affected machine without the users’ consent.

Symptoms

Crypto-currency miners use a lot of resources to optimize the earning of crypto-coins, so users may experience slow computers.

Type and source of infection

The dropping or downloading of a backdoor is often the second stage in an attack, where the first stage is the infiltration of the Trojan dropper or downloader, and the final stage is gaining full control of the affected system. In many cases, a backdoor is a payload as the attacker can build out his control once it is functioning. Infections detected as Backdoor.BitCoinMiner are usually downloaded by the users themselves, but under false pretences.

Afermath

Besides slowing down your machine, running at peek level for long times may cause damage to your machine and raise electricity bills.

Protection

Malwarebytes blocks Backdoor.BitCoinMiner

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Backdoor.BitCoinMiner without further user interaction.

1. Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
2. Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
3. When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
4. Click on the Get started button.
5. Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
6. Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
7. Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Business remediation

How to remove Backdoor.BitCoinMiner with the Malwarebytes Nebula console

You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections page to see which threats were found.

On the Quarantine page you can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.