Alanx3.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Alanx3.exe executable file belongs to a malevolent program that can accurately be identified as a coin miner virus. That malware form utilizes your hardware to mine cryptocurrencies, basically – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer almost unfunctional as a result of high CPU utilization.

What is Alanx3.exe process?

Alanx3.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus

Alanx3.exe – Very high CPU/GPU use

Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners also make use of GPU power for their tasks. In that instance, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is often utilized on 100%. It is not as important as CPU for system work, so Alanx3.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and utilize it all. It often may lead to unhappy consequences.

Shortly about cryptocurrency mining

List of the typical coin miner symptoms

Your device overheats (system unit/laptop body is very hot)

You are not able to open your apps or they are opening for ages

Unknown process is running in the background and consumes your PC resources

Windows Defender does not respond

How dangerous is the Alanx3.exe miner?

Coin miners does not deal damage to your files. However, they make a lot of unpleasant things with the whole system

First, Alanx3.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is unable to run your applications now, as all CPU power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your needs, all it pays attention to is generating income on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely experience incredibly sluggish efficiency. Pages can open up for years, any sort of logins will take about a minute – just a horror story for a person who does a job online.

Alanx3.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Alanx3.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	Alanx2.exe, Gamingmouse.exe, Zloop.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Alanx3.exe removal.

“Visible” damage is not a solitary bad thing coin miners perform to your system. Alanx3.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your OS. To complete all malevolent functions correctly, it ruins the protection features of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to prevent detection. If you open the HOSTS file, you will likely see a ton of new entries – they are brought in by this coin miner to connect your computer to a malicious mining network. All these adjustments shall be thrown back to the original in the process of PC recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides making your computer slow, performing at peak level for long times may cause damage to your machine and raise power bills. PC components are designed to easily deal with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.

Tiny and well-protected processor fan is hard to crack. Meanwhile, graphic cards have big and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily broke if affected while working, for example, by the user much earlier before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the extremely high load caused by Alanx3.exe virus can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. Video cards are also prone to have very fast wearing when utilized for cryptocurrency mining. It is likely a bad situation when your GPU’s performance decreases on 20-30% just after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Alanx3.exe coin miner virus?

Coin miners are spread through different ways, but their main sources are malicious banners and programs from dubious sources

The example of malicious banners you can see in the Internet

An additional way you could get this item on your PC is by downloading it from the suspicious website as a part of a program. People that spread hacked variants of favored programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to earn money. For this reason, there is a huge lure to include malware to the final package of the hacked application and acquire a coin for every setup. Prior to criticizing these people for hacking and also malware distribution, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid paying for the program in this manner? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much bigger sum for antivirus program and new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Alanx3.exe miner from my PC?

The best way to get rid of this coin miner virus is to use anti-malware software

Booting the PC into Safe Mode with Networking

Press the Start button, then choose Power, and click on Reboot while holding the Shift key on the keyboard.

Windows will reboot into recovery mode. In that mode, choose Troubleshoot→ Startup Settings→ Safe Mode with Networking. Press the corresponding button on your keyboard to choose that option.

When your PC is in Safe Mode, all third-party applications, just like the majority of non-crucial Windows components, are not launched with the system start. That gives you the ability to clean the computer without dealing with high CPU usage of the coin miner.