Bbb.exe executable file belongs to a malicious program that can accurately be defined as a coin miner virus. That malware form utilizes your hardware to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin1. It makes your system roughly unfunctional because of high CPU utilization.
What is Bbb.exe process?
Bbb.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus
Bbb.exe – Really high CPU and GPU use
Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners also make use of GPU power for their tasks. In that situation, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is often utilized on 100%. It is not as important as CPU for system work, so Bbb.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and utilize all of it. It sometimes can cause bad effects.
Shortly about cryptocurrency mining
List of the typical coin miner symptoms
How dangerous is the Bbb.exe miner?
Coin miners does not deal damage to your files. However, they make a lot of unpleasant things with the whole system
Firstly, Bbb.exe malware makes your system overloaded. It is unable to run your applications now, since all processor power is consumed by a malware. That malware does not care for your necessities, 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 struggle with exceptionally slow performance. Pages can open up for years, any type of logins will take about a minute – just a horror story for a person who does a job online.
Bbb.exe Technical Summary.
| File Name | Bbb.exe |
| Type | Trojan Coin Miner |
| Detection Name | Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner |
| Distribution Method | Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc. |
| Similar behavior | Dhcpsvchostdllcommon.exe, Microsoftconhost.exe, Temp.working |
| Removal | Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Bbb.exe removal. |
“Visible” damage is not a single bad thing coin miners do to your PC. Bbb.exe coin miner likewise deals damage to your OS. To execute all malevolent operations successfully, it wrecks the security mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to prevent detection. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a lot of new entries – they are added by this trojan miner to connect your computer to a malicious cryptomining network. All these adjustments shall be gone back to the initial state in the process of PC recovery.
Hardware effects of coin miner activity
Besides slowing down your computer, running at peak power for a long period of time may trigger damage to your machine as well as raise power bills. Hardware elements are designed to easily get along with high load, but they are good with it only in case when they are in a good shape.
Small and well-protected CPU cooling system is not very easy to damage. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily broke if affected while spinning, for instance, by the user much earlier before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the extremely high load caused by Bbb.exe virus can easily lead to GPU failure3. Video cards are also prone to have fast wearing when utilized for crypto mining. It is surely an undesirable situation when the performance of your video card plunges 20-30% just after several weeks of being used in such a way.
How did I get Bbb.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
Another way you could get this thing on your PC is by downloading it from the untrustworthy site as a part of a program. People that spread hacked versions of favored programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to make money. Thus, there is a very big temptation to add malware to the final package of the hacked application and get a coin for each installation. Before blaming these guys for hacking and malware distribution, ask yourself – is it okay to avoid paying for the program in such a way? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 one time than to pay a much greater sum for antivirus software and new parts for your PC.
How to remove the Bbb.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 system is in Safe Mode, all third-party software, just like the majority of non-critical Windows components, are not launched with the system start. That allows you to clean the PC without dealing with high CPU usage of the coin miner.
References
- Read about why Monero and DarkCoin are so popular amongst cybercriminals.
- About unwanted effects for GPUs in the process of cryptomining.
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