Moxia.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Moxia.exe executable file is related to a malevolent application that can accurately be identified as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware type utilizes your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your computer almost unfunctional because of high CPU utilization.

What is Moxia.exe process?

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

Moxia.exe – Very high CPU/GPU use

Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners additionally make use of GPU power for their operations. In that case, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is often used on 100%. It is not as important as CPU for system work, so Moxia.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and utilize all of it. It often may lead to sad 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 Moxia.exe miner?

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

Initially, Moxia.exe virus makes your computer overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, as all processor power is used by a malware. That malware does not care for your necessities, all it focuses on is generating profits on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely struggle with extremely slow performance. Pages will open for years, any kind of logins will take about a minute – just a horror story for a person that does a job online.

Moxia.exe Technical Summary.

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

“Visible” harm is not a single bad thing coin miners do to your computer. Moxia.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your OS. To complete all malicious operations correctly, it wrecks the protection features of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware stops it to avoid detection. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a lot of new entries – they are added by this coin miner to connect your computer to a malicious cryptomining network. All these changes are about to be reverted to the original in the process of system recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides decreasing your PC’s performance, performing at peak power for long times can cause damage to your machine and increase power bills. PC elements are designed to easily deal with high load, but they can do so only in case when they are in a good shape.

Compact and covered CPU fan is quite hard to broke. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily cracked if touched while running, for instance, by the user much before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the very high load caused by Moxia.exe virus can easily lead to graphic card failure³. GPUs are also prone to have increased wearing when utilized for cryptocurrency mining. It is surely an undesirable situation when the performance of your graphic card decreases on 20-30% just after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Moxia.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 thing on your computer is by downloading it from the untrustworthy website as a part of a program. People who spread hacked variants of popular programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to get paid. Thus, there is a very big lure to add malware to the final package of the hacked app and acquire a coin for every installation. Prior to criticizing these individuals for hacking and malware spreading, ask yourself – is it okay to avoid paying for the program in this manner? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 one time than to pay a much bigger sum for antivirus program and new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Moxia.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 software, along with the majority of non-crucial system components, are not launched with the system start. That gives you the ability to clean the system without dealing with high CPU usage of the coin miner.