Tasksvc.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Tasksvc.exe process is related to a malevolent application that can accurately be recognized as a coin miner trojan. That malware type uses your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer almost unusable because of high CPU utilization.

What is Tasksvc.exe process?

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

Tasksvc.exe – Very high CPU/GPU use

Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners also utilize GPU power for their tasks. In that case, you will probably struggle also to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is often used on 100%. It is not as crucial as CPU for system work, so Tasksvc.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and use all of it. It often can lead to bad consequences.

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 Tasksvc.exe miner?

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

First, Tasksvc.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, since all processor power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your necessities, all it pays attention to is generating income on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until browser is open, you will likely suffer from exceptionally sluggish performance. Pages will open for years, any sort of logins will likely take about a minute – just a horror story for a person who works online.

Tasksvc.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Tasksvc.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	Ie4uinit.exe, Bdeunlock.exe, Bdehdcfg.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Tasksvc.exe removal.

“Visible” damage is not a single negative thing coin miners perform to your personal computer. Tasksvc.exe coin miner also deals damage to your operating system. To perform all malevolent operations properly, 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 load of new notes – they are added by this trojan miner to connect your PC to a malicious mining network. All these adjustments shall be gone back to the original in the process of PC recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides decreasing your PC’s performance, running at peak power for a long period of time may trigger damage to your machine and raise electricity costs. 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.

Little and well-protected processor cooling system is not very easy to broke. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily cracked if touched while spinning, for instance, by the user much earlier before the virus injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the unusually high load caused by Tasksvc.exe miner can easily lead to graphic card failure³. GPUs are also prone to have increased wearing when used for cryptocurrency mining. It is likely an unwanted case when the performance of your graphic card plunges 20-30% just after several weeks of being exploited in such a way.

How did I get Tasksvc.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 thing on your computer is by downloading it from the suspicious web page as a part of a program. People that spread hacked variants of well-known programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to get paid. For this reason, there is a huge lure to add malware to the final package of the hacked application and receive a coin for every setup. Before blaming these people for hacking and also malware spreading, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid paying for the program in this manner? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much greater sum for antivirus software and new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Tasksvc.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 applications, along with the majority of non-crucial Windows components, are not started with the system start. That gives you the ability to clean the computer without dealing with high CPU usage of the coin miner.