Uwakeon.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Uwakeon.exe executable file is related to a malevolent application that can correctly be recognized as a coin miner virus. That malware form uses your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, basically – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer pretty much unusable because of high CPU utilization.

What is Uwakeon.exe process?

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

Uwakeon.exe – Really high CPU/GPU usage

Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners additionally use GPU power for their operations. In that instance, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually utilized on 100%. It is not as vital as processor for system work, so Uwakeon.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and use all of it. It often 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 Uwakeon.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, Uwakeon.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications anymore, because all CPU power is used by a virus. That malware does not care for your wants, 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 experience exceptionally sluggish performance. Pages can open for years, any kind of logins will take about a minute – just a headache for a person who does a job online.

Uwakeon.exe Technical Summary.

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

“Visible” damage is not a single bad activity coin miners perform to your personal computer. Uwakeon.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your operating system. To carry out all malevolent functions correctly, it ruins the protection mechanisms of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to prevent recognition. If you open the HOSTS file, you will likely see a number of new notes – they are brought in by this trojan miner to connect your system to a malicious cryptomining network. All these adjustments are about to be reverted to the initial state in the process of system recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides decreasing your computer’s performance, running at peak level for a long period of time may cause damage to your device and raise power expenses. PC components are created to easily deal with high load, but they can do so only when they are in a good shape.

Small and well-protected CPU cooling system is not very easy to broke. Meanwhile, GPUs have big and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily broke if affected while running, for example, by the user much earlier before the virus injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the extremely high load caused by Uwakeon.exe can easily lead to GPU failure³. GPUs are also prone to have very fast wearing when used for cryptocurrency mining. It is surely an unwanted case when your GPU’s performance plunges 20-30% only after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Uwakeon.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 web page as a part of a program. Users that spread hacked versions of popular programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to earn money. Hence, there is a huge temptation to include malware to the final package of the hacked application and get a coin for every setup. Before criticizing these people for hacking and also malware distribution, ask yourself – is it okay to avoid purchasing the program in this manner? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 one time than to pay a much greater sum for antivirus program as well as new parts for your computer.

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