Atkexcomsvc.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Atkexcomsvc.exe process comes from a malevolent program that can correctly be identified as a coin miner virus. That malware type uses your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, primarily – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your computer almost nonfunctional due to high CPU usage.

What is Atkexcomsvc.exe process?

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

Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners also make use of GPU power for their operations. In that situation, you will likely struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually utilized on 100%. It is not as crucial as processor for system work, so Atkexcomsvc.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and utilize all of it. It often can cause bad consequences.

Shortly about cryptocurrency mining

List of the typical coin miner symptoms

Microsoft Defender is stopped;

CPU and GPU is loaded at 80-90% exactly after the system start

Cooling fans are running at high speed and create a lot of noise

A single process in Task Manager consumes all CPU and GPU power

How dangerous is the Atkexcomsvc.exe miner?

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

First off, Atkexcomsvc.exe malware makes your computer overloaded. It is unable to run your applications now, since all CPU power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your needs, all it focuses on is making money on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely experience incredibly slow performance. Pages will open up for years, any sort of logins will likely take about a minute – just a headache for a person that does a job online.

Atkexcomsvc.exe Technical Summary.

“Visible” damage is not a single bad activity coin miners perform to your personal computer. Atkexcomsvc.exe coin miner also deals damage to your OS. To execute all malicious operations successfully, it ruins the protection mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to avoid detection. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a lot of new notes – they are brought in by this coin miner to connect your PC to a malicious cryptomining network. All these changes are about to be gone 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 can cause damage to your machine as well as raise power bills. Hardware elements 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 cooling system is hard to crack. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily cracked if touched while running, for example, by the user much earlier before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the very high load caused by Atkexcomsvc.exe miner can easily lead to GPU failure³. Graphic cards are also tend to have very fast wearing when used for crypto mining. It is likely an undesirable case when your GPU’s performance decreases on 20-30% just after 1-2 weeks of being exploited in such a way.

How did I get Atkexcomsvc.exe coin miner virus?

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

One more way you could get this item on your computer is by downloading it from the suspicious site as a part of a program. Users that spread hacked variants of popular programs (which do not require the license key) have small chances to earn money. Thus, there is a huge lure to add malware to the final package of the hacked app and receive a coin for each installation. Before blaming these individuals for hacking and also malware distribution, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid paying for the program in such a way? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much greater sum for antivirus program as well as new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Atkexcomsvc.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 apps, along with the majority of non-crucial system components, are not started with the system start. That gives you the ability to clean the computer without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.

1. Read about why Monero and DarkCoin are so popular amongst cybercriminals.
2. About unwanted effects for GPUs in the process of cryptomining.

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