[WARN][GLD]One more reason to be wary of GoldCoin/GLDCoin/GLD

[BitHits]

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/4bd796dcd3e4bfec1d2a0afccfe48bf4c495e3c3b42e9b1957f53ba6dcadfd90/analysis/1369559178/

SHA256:   4bd796dcd3e4bfec1d2a0afccfe48bf4c495e3c3b42e9b1957f53ba6dcadfd90
SHA1:   83e8f75c02f20cc038a1c8261ba593ff893c7920
MD5:   2e8f6c6cfeb81e13b82f7ac5510f4b5c
File size:   21.7 MB ( 22805504 bytes )
File name:   gldcoin-qt.exe
File type:   Win32 EXE
Detection ratio:    7 / 47
Analysis date:    2013-05-26 09:06:18 UTC ( 0 minutes ago )

This file is from the original GoldCoin Announcement thread. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=206377.0

Posted by User: goldcoins , https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=118998

Link in question (still live as of writing) "Windows Binaries hxxp://ge.tt/5iFCffh/v/0"

AVG    Dropper.Generic8.AMXF    20130526
BitDefender    Gen:Variant.Barys.936    20130526
DrWeb    Trojan.PWS.Multi.1116    20130526
Emsisoft    Gen:Variant.Barys.936 (B)    20130526
F-Secure    Gen:Variant.Barys.936    20130526
GData    Gen:Variant.Barys.936    20130526
MicroWorld-eScan    Gen:Variant.Barys.936    20130526

[bonsai99]

That is a fake announcement thread with infected binaries and for some reason the mods have not taken it down despite the complaints.

[BitHits]

That is a fake announcement thread with infected binaries and for some reason the mods have not taken it down despite the complaints.

Wheres the original thread then ?

[bonsai99]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205789.0

[AZIZ1977]

That is a fake announcement thread with infected binaries and for some reason the mods have not taken it down despite the complaints.

Maybe they wanted Goldcoin not to succeed.

[BitHits]

Thanks, I see the 'original' thread was posted about 2 hours before this one.

Also, When I search 'GoldCoin' on forum the original thread doesnt come up ... So I imagine others looking for the client might run into this as well.

I'm grabbing the binaries from that thread and will likewise scan them as well and update here if need be.

The filename on this one is gldcoin-windows.zip

Results from binaries in this archive...

SHA256:   cc4595159070e64299a6d660a6e18c0467a2155451d29900e03419a97a222cb7
SHA1:   1bd94dff12b0102ef9f08c189a6d84fff8d9aa5d
MD5:   80dd4f3440fcc4e1aedc8f971348db85
File size:   9.1 MB ( 9513791 bytes )
File name:   gldcoin-0.6.3-win32-setup.exe
File type:   Win32 EXE
Tags:   peexe
Detection ratio:    0 / 47
Analysis date:    2013-05-25 03:58:48 UTC ( 1 day, 8 hours ago )

and

SHA256:   5d1b81ac3bf8daf08fe05a069d431d03e1fa2620012472d30f7d7c7d6c776688
SHA1:   664fc1d52e5899e541e6eba3bcc5b1a06618d2fc
MD5:   e76ac99b9b8ae47aeeec200a817078a4
File size:   21.3 MB ( 22338048 bytes )
File name:   gldcoin-qt.exe
File type:   Win32 EXE
Tags:   peexe
Detection ratio:    0 / 46
Analysis date:    2013-05-25 04:03:26 UTC ( 1 day, 7 hours ago )

So the original thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205789.0 seems to be good.

[AZIZ1977]

Thanks, I see the 'original' thread was posted about 2 hours before this one.

Also, When I search 'GoldCoin' on forum the original thread doesnt come up ... So I imagine others looking for the client might run into this as well.

I'm grabbing the binaries from that thread and will likewise scan them as well and update here if need be.

The filename on this one is gldcoin-windows.zip

Results from binaries in this archive...

SHA256:   cc4595159070e64299a6d660a6e18c0467a2155451d29900e03419a97a222cb7
SHA1:   1bd94dff12b0102ef9f08c189a6d84fff8d9aa5d
MD5:   80dd4f3440fcc4e1aedc8f971348db85
File size:   9.1 MB ( 9513791 bytes )
File name:   gldcoin-0.6.3-win32-setup.exe
File type:   Win32 EXE
Tags:   peexe
Detection ratio:    0 / 47
Analysis date:    2013-05-25 03:58:48 UTC ( 1 day, 8 hours ago )

and

SHA256:   5d1b81ac3bf8daf08fe05a069d431d03e1fa2620012472d30f7d7c7d6c776688
SHA1:   664fc1d52e5899e541e6eba3bcc5b1a06618d2fc
MD5:   e76ac99b9b8ae47aeeec200a817078a4
File size:   21.3 MB ( 22338048 bytes )
File name:   gldcoin-qt.exe
File type:   Win32 EXE
Tags:   peexe
Detection ratio:    0 / 46
Analysis date:    2013-05-25 04:03:26 UTC ( 1 day, 7 hours ago )

So the original thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205789.0 seems to be good.

Thank you very much for clearing things up.