Corp.exe process belongs to a harmful application that can accurately be identified as a coin miner trojan. That malware form uses your hardware to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin1. It makes your computer roughly unfunctional due to high CPU usage.
What is Corp.exe process?
Corp.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus
Corp.exe – Really high CPU and GPU use
Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners also utilize GPU power for their tasks. In that case, you will likely struggle also to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is usually utilized on 100%. It is not as essential as processor for system work, so Corp.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and utilize it all. It often can lead to sad consequences.
Shortly about cryptocurrency mining
List of the typical coin miner symptoms
How dangerous is the Corp.exe miner?
Coin miners does not deal damage to your files. However, they make a lot of unpleasant things with the whole system
First, Corp.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, because all CPU power is used by a virus. That malware does not care for your demands, 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 suffer from exceptionally sluggish performance. Pages can open up for years, any type of logins will likely take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person that works online.
Corp.exe Technical Summary.
| File Name | Corp.exe |
| Type | Trojan Coin Miner |
| Detection Name | Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner |
| Distribution Method | Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc. |
| Similar behavior | Release.exe, Ton.exe, Altruistics.exe |
| Removal | Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Corp.exe removal. |
“Visible” damage is not a single bad activity coin miners do to your PC. Corp.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your OS. To execute all malicious operations successfully, it wrecks the protection mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware stops it to prevent detection. If you open the HOSTS file, you will likely see a load of new notes – they are added by this coin miner to connect your system to a malicious cryptomining network. All these changes are about to be thrown back to the original in the process of computer recovery.
Hardware effects of coin miner activity
Besides slowing down your PC, running at peak power for long times may cause damage to your device as well as increase power bills. Hardware components are created to easily deal with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.
Tiny and well-protected CPU cooling system is quite hard to broke. Meanwhile, graphic cards have big and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily broke if affected while running, for example, by the user much before the virus injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the extremely high load caused by Corp.exe miner can easily lead to GPU failure3. GPUs are also prone to have increased wearing when utilized for crypto mining. It is surely an undesirable case when your GPU’s performance plunges 20-30% only after several weeks of being used in such a way.
How did I get Corp.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
One more way you could get this item on your computer is by downloading it from the dubious website as a part of a program. People who spread hacked versions of well-known programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to get paid. Thus, there is a huge lure to include malware to the final package of the hacked application and receive a coin for every installation. Prior to criticizing these people for hacking and malware distribution, ask yourself – is it OK to avoid purchasing the program in this manner? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much bigger figure for antivirus software and new parts for your PC.
How to remove the Corp.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 computer is in Safe Mode, all third-party programs, along with the majority of non-critical operating system 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.
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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