Rdpshell.exe process belongs to a harmful application that can properly be defined as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware type utilizes your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, basically – Monero or DarkCoin1. It makes your computer almost unfunctional due to high CPU usage.
What is Rdpshell.exe process?
Rdpshell.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus
Rdpshell.exe – Extremely high CPU/GPU usage
Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners additionally make use of GPU power for their tasks. In that instance, you will struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually used on 100%. It is not as essential as CPU for system work, so Rdpshell.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and utilize all of it. It sometimes may cause bad results.
Shortly about cryptocurrency mining
List of the typical coin miner symptoms
How dangerous is the Rdpshell.exe miner?
Coin miners does not deal damage to your files. However, they make a lot of unpleasant things with the whole system
Initially, Rdpshell.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, because all CPU power is used by a malware. That malware does not care for your demands, all it focuses on is generating income on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until browser is open, you will likely suffer from incredibly slow performance. Pages will open up for years, any kind of logins will likely take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person that does a job online.
Rdpshell.exe Technical Summary.
| File Name | Rdpshell.exe |
| Type | Trojan Coin Miner |
| Detection Name | Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner |
| Distribution Method | Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc. |
| Similar behavior | Postinstall.exe, Anydesk.exe, Vmsa.exe |
| Removal | Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Rdpshell.exe removal. |
“Visible” harm is not a solitary unpleasant thing coin miners do to your personal computer. Rdpshell.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your OS. To perform all malicious functions successfully, it ruins 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 number of new notes – they are added by this coin miner to connect your system to a malicious mining network. All these changes shall be reverted to the initial state in the process of computer recovery.
Hardware effects of coin miner activity
Besides decreasing your PC’s performance, performing at peak power for long times may trigger damage to your machine and increase power bills. PC components are created to easily get along with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.
Tiny and well-protected processor cooling system is not very easy to broke. Meanwhile, graphic cards have big and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily cracked if touched while spinning, for example, by the user much earlier before the virus injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the really high load caused by Rdpshell.exe virus can easily lead to GPU failure3. GPUs are also tend to have very fast wearing when used for crypto mining. It is likely an unwanted situation when the performance of your video card plunges 20-30% only after 1-2 weeks of being exploited in such a way.
How did I get Rdpshell.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
An additional way you could get this thing on your PC is by downloading it from the suspicious site as a part of a program. People that spread hacked versions of well-known programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to get paid. Hence, there is a very big temptation to add in malware to the final package of the hacked app and get a coin for each setup. Before criticizing these guys for hacking and malware spreading, ask yourself – is it OK to avoid paying for the program in this manner? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much bigger sum for antivirus software and new parts for your computer.
How to remove the Rdpshell.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-critical 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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