Suspicious e-mail calling for Bitcoin mining.

[Mickeyb]

Did anybody get suspicious email from x-miners?
Email is under:


Hello,

Are you a BTC miner? no?

I bet my 1600 monthly BTC that you're gonna become a miner, TODAY

WHY?
Because you can mine 1 BTC DAILY from your own computer, WITH NO special rigs needed.

HOW?
You can check my site and decide for yourself if you want in or not.

NOTE!
There are no hidden costs, no additional power usage, no additional hardware needed, just your DESKTOP/LAPTOP.


x - b i t c o i n s . com

Regards,
X Miner


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[GermanGiant]

Beware of malware.

[ACAB]

Yes, I get the same e-mail. I deleted it immediately.
1 BTC daily, I don't even need to open up the site.

[Lauda]

I haven't visited the site myself, but apparently it might be clean. The test shows only 2/63. However, I think that these emails have been going out for some time now and I think that you should just block the sender. Virustotal is showing the following:"Analysis date:   2015-09-03 10:38:25 UTC ( 1 month ago )". It is thus very likely that the emails have been going out for a while.

[Injust]

The file that is available for download has some interesting metadata.

File description: Jolanta6
Product name: Phocaceous8
Language: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
Original filename: Qaplus.exe

EDIT: More metadata

TRANSLATION   0x0402 0x04b0
INTERNALNAME   Qaplus
FILEVERSION   1.00
COMPANYNAME   Astonsoft Ltd.
COMMENTS   Oxyuriasis
PRODUCTNAME   Phocaceous8
PRODUCTVERSION   1.00
FILEDESCRIPTION   Jolanta6
ORIGINALFILENAME   Qaplus.exe

[7788bitcoin]

Definitely a scam. There is no way for a normal computer to mine 1 BTC for it's whole life time at this point of time.

[Injust]

If you have run the file, look for %AppData%\b.exe, I believe it tries to copy itself there.

[Vika NSFW]

1 BTC daily,

It's possible, but not with mining.

[Mickeyb]

The file that is available for download has some interesting metadata.

File description: Jolanta6
Product name: Phocaceous8
Language: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
Original filename: Qaplus.exe

EDIT: More metadata

TRANSLATION   0x0402 0x04b0
INTERNALNAME   Qaplus
FILEVERSION   1.00
COMPANYNAME   Astonsoft Ltd.
COMMENTS   Oxyuriasis
PRODUCTNAME   Phocaceous8
PRODUCTVERSION   1.00
FILEDESCRIPTION   Jolanta6
ORIGINALFILENAME   Qaplus.exe

So how did you get to the file? Have you entered the site? Or you used some other way to scan the file?

[Injust]

The file that is available for download has some interesting metadata.

File description: Jolanta6
Product name: Phocaceous8
Language: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
Original filename: Qaplus.exe

EDIT: More metadata

TRANSLATION   0x0402 0x04b0
INTERNALNAME   Qaplus
FILEVERSION   1.00
COMPANYNAME   Astonsoft Ltd.
COMMENTS   Oxyuriasis
PRODUCTNAME   Phocaceous8
PRODUCTVERSION   1.00
FILEDESCRIPTION   Jolanta6
ORIGINALFILENAME   Qaplus.exe

So how did you get to the file? Have you entered the site? Or you used some other way to scan the file?

Downloaded the file and ran it sandboxed. It's a nasty piece of work.
Runs a process disguised as scvhost.exe.
Also copies itself to several places in your user profile.
It corrupts the Computer Management shortcut in the Start Menu too.
Nasty piece of shit.

[Mickeyb]

The file that is available for download has some interesting metadata.

File description: Jolanta6
Product name: Phocaceous8
Language: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
Original filename: Qaplus.exe

EDIT: More metadata

TRANSLATION   0x0402 0x04b0
INTERNALNAME   Qaplus
FILEVERSION   1.00
COMPANYNAME   Astonsoft Ltd.
COMMENTS   Oxyuriasis
PRODUCTNAME   Phocaceous8
PRODUCTVERSION   1.00
FILEDESCRIPTION   Jolanta6
ORIGINALFILENAME   Qaplus.exe

So how did you get to the file? Have you entered the site? Or you used some other way to scan the file?

Downloaded the file and ran it sandboxed. It's a nasty piece of work.
Runs a process disguised as scvhost.exe.
Also copies itself to several places in your user profile.
It corrupts the Computer Management shortcut in the Start Menu too.
Nasty piece of shit.

Yes, I can only imagine! Thanks for checking. I urge everybody to stay away from this e-mail and that they report these motherf***ers if they get an email. I just did!

[GermanGiant]

1 BTC daily,

It's possible, but not with mining.

Very much possible. At the current difficulty, you need 121 Ths.

[NorrisK]

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

1 btc daily from mining with no additional power usage? They must've found a perpetuum mobile...

[yayayo]

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

1 btc daily from mining with no additional power usage? They must've found a perpetuum mobile...

No, they "mine" using their malware.

Maybe this even is some kind of advanced malware ponzi scheme. The deal is "install our malware and get 20% of the total extracted wealth from any person you convince to install it as well - for any 2nd level referrals you get another 10%".

The sad thing is that scams and hacks still work exceptionally well in the Bitcoin community, because their is a constant influx of new users, who have yet to learn that due diligence and security are an absolute priority when using Bitcoin.

ya.ya.yo!

[~Bitcoin~]

Don't install any type of software without proper virus check as their is lot more chance of being infected by a malware. And also mining 1 BTC per day with a personal laptop or computer is impossible with the difficulty level as of today in bitcoin mining. Don't be fooled by this type of email, don't get bother by this scam. Be safe brother, just forget this.

[dothebeats]

Lol, who would generate 1 bitcoins per day by using their laptop/desktop without the need of specialized mining rigs? Just wow, I smell malware that could probably get your bitcoins from you. :v

[Betwrong]

"1 BTC DAILY" ?  I'd say this is too good to be true.

Malware? More than likely.

[Amph]

this was a scam since he claimed to mine 50 btc daily(1600 monthly), he need something like 6 peta for that, which is around 2% of the network

no way he has that much power