[False Positive Application.BitcoinMiner.ZT]

Hi skaczynski11?

 

Sorry for my late reply.

 

After analysis, it is not false positive. The program you mentioned will lead to 100% CPU. It is treated as malicious.

 

It is suggested to remove it.

 

Thanks for your feedback.

It is supposed to use 100% CPU. It is a cryptocurrency miner. Cryptocurrency mining uses the GPU and CPU's combined power to decrypt complicated math problems. Please go to the page https://www.nicehash.com/ to see that it is a miner and https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/01/economist-explains-11 to become more familiar with this type of stuff. I assure you this is a false positive.

[False Positive Application.BitcoinMiner.ZT]

IObit Malware Fighter

 

OS: Windows 10

Version: 5.5.0.4388

Database Version: 1732

Scan Mode: AutoCare-Idle

Scan Type: Smart Scan

Time Elapsed: 00:27:58

Objects Scanned: 173806

Threats Found: 5

Save Time: 2/25/2018 12:13:45 PM

Scan Status: Complete

 

|Name|Type|Description|ID|

Application.BitCoinMiner.ZZ, file, C:\Users\Szymon Kaczynski\AppData\Roaming\nhm2\bin\xmr-stak-cpu\xmr-stak-cpu.exe, 0

Application.BitCoinMiner.ZT, file, C:\Users\Szymon Kaczynski\Desktop\MinerGate-7.2-win64.exe, 0

Application.BitCoinMiner.ZT, file, C:\Users\Szymon Kaczynski\Downloads\MinerGate-7.2-win64 (1).exe, 0

Application.BitCoinMiner.ZT, file, C:\Users\Szymon Kaczynski\Downloads\MinerGate-7.2-win64 (2).exe, 0

Application.BitCoinMiner.ZT, file, C:\Users\Szymon Kaczynski\Downloads\MinerGate-7.2-win64.exe, 0

 

It has done nothing but mine and I know this is a false positive. Norton repeatedly blocked it until finally letting it through.

 

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/ccf801f123a895871e5b937092244df15c943dc288ba6d8490648c7d682a6ff4/detection\

 

http://wikisend.com/download/536128/MinerGate-7.2-win64.exe