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Title: Bitcoin Trojan/Virus in the wild? EDIT: No, at least not yet. Post by: kinghajj on June 14, 2011, 11:11:55 AM I just checked buttcoin.org to see if any more rage-inducing comments were posted, and found a link (http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=74e7862a05a7166d2f22dbb74f4025db (http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=74e7862a05a7166d2f22dbb74f4025db)) claimed to be some sort of trojan report. I'm skeptical, because it seems that the program in question, "sample_1.exe", is merely creating Bitcoin-related files and registry entries, and not reading nor changing them. Is this program part of the install process?
Title: Re: Bitcoin Trojan/Virus in the wild? Post by: cuddlefish on June 14, 2011, 11:15:44 AM I just checked buttcoin.org to see if any more rage-inducing comments were posted, and found a link (http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=74e7862a05a7166d2f22dbb74f4025db (http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=74e7862a05a7166d2f22dbb74f4025db)) claimed to be some sort of trojan report. I'm skeptical, because it seems that the program in question, "sample_1.exe", is merely creating Bitcoin-related files and registry entries, and not reading nor changing them. Is this program part of the install process? That's stock bitcoind! Title: Re: Bitcoin Trojan/Virus in the wild? Post by: AntiVigilante on June 14, 2011, 11:20:17 AM Nope. That's an attempt at associating any bitcoin release with malware. Any AV system that picks up that behavior will say the bitcoin process is malware.
Also it is a way to distribute illicit funds to botnets thereby making confiscation difficult. In the best case it's a means to commit fraud. In the worst case it's an attempt at slandering the whole community. |