Psadminagent.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Psadminagent.exe executable file is related to a malicious application that can properly be defined as a coin miner virus. That malware type uses your hardware to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer almost unfunctional as a result of high CPU utilization.

What is Psadminagent.exe process?

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

Psadminagent.exe – Extremely high CPU as well as GPU use

Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners also utilize GPU power for their operations. In that case, you will struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually used on 100%. It is not as important as CPU for system work, so Psadminagent.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and use it all. It often may cause unhappy results.

Shortly about cryptocurrency mining

List of the typical coin miner symptoms

Your device overheats (system unit/laptop body is very hot)

You are not able to open your apps or they are opening for ages

Unknown process is running in the background and consumes your PC resources

Windows Defender does not respond

How dangerous is the Psadminagent.exe miner?

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

First of all, Psadminagent.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications now, as all CPU power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your wants, 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 exceptionally sluggish performance. Pages will open for years, any type of logins will likely take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person who works online.

Psadminagent.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Psadminagent.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	Gamingservicesnet.exe, Msiexec.exe, Wavessyssvc64.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Psadminagent.exe removal.

“Visible” damage is not a single unpleasant thing coin miners perform to your PC. Psadminagent.exe coin miner likewise deals damage to your OS. To perform all malevolent functions effectively, it ruins the protection components 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 ton 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 gone back to the initial state in the process of computer recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides slowing down your PC, running at peak power for a long period of time can cause damage to your device and raise electricity costs. Hardware components are created to easily deal with high load, but they can do so only when they are in a good shape.

Compact and covered CPU fan is hard to damage. Meanwhile, graphic cards have big and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily cracked if affected while running, for instance, by the user much earlier before the virus injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the unusually high load caused by Psadminagent.exe can easily lead to graphic card failure³. GPUs are also tend to have increased wearing when used for cryptocurrency mining. It is surely an undesirable situation when your GPU’s performance decreases on 20-30% only after several weeks of being exploited in such a way.

How did I get Psadminagent.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 suspicious site as a part of a program. Users who spread hacked versions of favored programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to get paid. Thus, there is a huge lure to add malware to the final package of the hacked app and get a coin for every setup. Prior to criticizing these people for hacking and also malware spreading, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid purchasing the program in such a way? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much bigger sum for antivirus software as well as new parts for your desktop.

How to remove the Psadminagent.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 system components, are not started with the system start. That allows you to clean the PC without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.