E1.exe executable file belongs to a malicious program that can accurately be defined as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware form uses your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, primarily – Monero or DarkCoin1. It makes your computer pretty much unusable because of high CPU usage.
What is E1.exe process?
E1.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus
E1.exe – Extremely high CPU/GPU usage
Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners also make use of GPU power for their tasks. In that situation, you will struggle even to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is often used on 100%. It is not as critical as processor for system work, so E1.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and utilize all of it. It sometimes may cause unhappy results.
Shortly about cryptocurrency mining
List of the typical coin miner symptoms
How dangerous is the E1.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, E1.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is unable to run your applications now, because all processor power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your demands, all it pays attention to is generating profits on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely experience exceptionally slow performance. Pages will open up for years, any type of logins will take about a minute – just a headache for a person who works online.
E1.exe Technical Summary.
| File Name | E1.exe |
| Type | Trojan Coin Miner |
| Detection Name | Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner |
| Distribution Method | Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc. |
| Similar behavior | Advancedwindowsmanager.exe, Winrar.exe, Micros.exe |
| Removal | Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic E1.exe removal. |
“Visible” harm is not a solitary negative thing coin miners do to your system. E1.exe coin miner likewise deals damage to your OS. To conduct all malicious functions successfully, it ruins the security 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 lot of new entries – they are added by this trojan miner to connect your PC to a malicious cryptomining network. All these changes shall be thrown back to the initial state in the process of computer recovery.
Hardware effects of coin miner activity
Besides decreasing your computer’s performance, running at peak power for long times can cause damage to your device and increase electricity costs. Hardware components are designed to easily get along with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.
Compact and well-protected CPU fan is quite hard to damage. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily cracked if touched while running, for instance, by the user much before the coin-miner injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the very high load caused by E1.exe malware can easily lead to graphic card failure3. Graphic cards are also prone to have increased wearing when utilized for crypto mining. It is likely an unwanted situation when your GPU’s performance plunges 20-30% only after several weeks of being exploited in such a way.
How did I get E1.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 suspicious site as a part of a program. Users that spread hacked versions of popular programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to get paid. For this reason, there is a huge lure to add in malware to the final package of the hacked application and receive a coin for each installation. Before criticizing these people for hacking and also malware distribution, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid purchasing the program in this manner? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 one time than to pay a much greater figure for antivirus software and new parts for your PC.
How to remove the E1.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 allows you to clean the computer without dealing with high processor 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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