Srbm.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Srbm.exe executable file belongs to a harmful application that can accurately be identified as a coin miner virus. That malware form utilizes your hardware to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer pretty much unfunctional as a result of high CPU usage.

What is Srbm.exe process?

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

Srbm.exe – Very high CPU and GPU use

Besides CPU utilization, some of the coin miners additionally use GPU power for their operations. In that situation, you will probably 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 Srbm.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and utilize it all. It often can lead to bad 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 Srbm.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, Srbm.exe virus makes your PC overloaded. It is unable to run your applications now, because all processor power is used by a malware. That malware does not care for your needs, all it pays attention to is making money on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely suffer from extremely sluggish efficiency. Pages will open up for years, any kind of logins will take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person that works online.

Srbm.exe Technical Summary.

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

“Visible” damage is not a single unpleasant thing coin miners do to your PC. Srbm.exe coin miner likewise deals damage to your operating system. To execute all malevolent functions correctly, it ruins the protection mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware stops it to avoid recognition. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a load of new entries – they are brought in by this trojan miner to connect your PC to a malicious mining network. All these changes are about to 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 level for a long period of time may trigger damage to your device and raise power costs. Hardware components are created to easily get along with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.

Small and well-protected processor fan is hard to damage. Meanwhile, GPUs have big and easy-to-access rotors, 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 unusually high load caused by Srbm.exe miner can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. Video cards are also tend to have fast wearing when utilized for cryptocurrency mining. It is surely an undesirable situation when the performance of your GPU plunges 20-30% only after 1-2 weeks of being exploited in such a way.

How did I get Srbm.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

Another way you could get this item on your PC is by downloading it from the untrustworthy site as a part of a program. Users that spread hacked variants of favored programs (which do not require the license key) have small chances to earn money. Hence, there is a very big temptation to add in malware to the final package of the hacked application and receive a coin for every installation. Before blaming these individuals for hacking and malware distribution, ask yourself – is it okay to avoid purchasing the program in such a way? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much greater figure for antivirus software and new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Srbm.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 apps, just like the majority of non-critical operating system components, are not launched with the system start. That allows you to clean the computer without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.