Unic.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Unic.exe process comes from a malicious application that can properly be recognized as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware form uses your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, primarily – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer almost unfunctional because of high CPU utilization.

What is Unic.exe process?

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

Unic.exe – Really high CPU and GPU use

Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners also utilize GPU power for their operations. In that case, you will struggle even to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is usually utilized on 100%. It is not as vital as processor for system work, so Unic.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and use it all. It often can cause unhappy 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 Unic.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, Unic.exe virus makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, as all processor power is used by a virus. That malware does not care for your necessities, all it pays attention to is making money on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until browser is open, you will likely suffer from extremely sluggish efficiency. Pages will open up for years, any sort of logins will take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person that does a job online.

Unic.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Unic.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	Win64.exe, Consulta.exe, Diskmanagment.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Unic.exe removal.

“Visible” damage is not a solitary negative activity coin miners do to your system. Unic.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your operating system. To execute all malicious functions properly, it ruins the protection mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware stops it to prevent detection. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a lot of new entries – they are added by this trojan miner to connect your system to a malicious mining network. All these adjustments shall 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, performing at peak power for long times can trigger damage to your device as well as increase electricity expenses. Hardware elements are created to easily deal with high load, but they can do so only in case when they are in a good shape.

Small and covered CPU fan is not very easy to damage. Meanwhile, GPUs have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily broke if affected while working, for instance, by the user much earlier before the coin-miner injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the really high load caused by Unic.exe miner can easily lead to GPU failure³. Graphic cards are also tend to have very fast wearing when used for crypto mining. It is likely an unwanted case when the performance of your video card decreases on 20-30% just after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Unic.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 untrustworthy site as a part of a program. People that spread hacked variants of favored programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to get paid. Thus, there is a huge temptation to add malware to the final package of the hacked app and receive a coin for every setup. Prior to criticizing these individuals for hacking and also malware spreading, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid purchasing the program in such a way? It is much cheaper 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 Unic.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 applications, along with the majority of non-critical Windows components, are not started with the system start. That gives you the ability to clean the PC without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.