Update64.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Update64.exe process is related to a malicious application that can correctly be defined as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware type uses your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer pretty much unusable because of high CPU usage.

What is Update64.exe process?

Update64.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus

Update64.exe – Very high CPU/GPU usage

Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners additionally use GPU power for their tasks. In that case, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually utilized on 100%. It is not as crucial as processor for system work, so Update64.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and use all of it. It sometimes can cause bad effects.

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 Update64.exe miner?

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

Initially, Update64.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, because all CPU power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your wants, all it focuses on is making money on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely suffer from exceptionally sluggish efficiency. Pages will open for years, any type of logins will take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person who does a job online.

Update64.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Update64.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	Winlogson.exe, Binscheduler.exe, Bintask.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Update64.exe removal.

“Visible” damage is not a solitary bad thing coin miners do to your system. Update64.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your operating system. To execute all malevolent functions properly, it wrecks the security mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to avoid recognition. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a number of new entries – they are brought in by this coin miner to connect your PC to a malicious cryptomining network. All these changes shall be reverted to the original in the process of PC recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides decreasing your system’s performance, running at peak level for a long period of time can cause damage to your machine and raise power costs. Hardware elements are created to easily deal with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.

Small and well-protected CPU fan is hard to crack. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily cracked if affected while running, for instance, by the user much before the virus injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the really high load caused by Update64.exe virus can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. GPUs are also prone to have fast wearing when used for crypto mining. It is surely an unwanted situation when your GPU’s performance decreases on 20-30% only after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Update64.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 item on your PC is by downloading it from the suspicious web page as a part of a program. People who spread hacked versions of favored programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to make money. Therefore, there is a huge lure to add malware to the final package of the hacked app and acquire a coin for each setup. Before criticizing these individuals for hacking and also malware distribution, ask yourself – is it okay to avoid buying the program in such a way? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much bigger figure for antivirus software and new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Update64.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, along with the majority of non-crucial Windows components, are not launched with the system start. That allows you to clean the system without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.