Vape_v4.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Vape_v4.exe process is related to a malevolent application that can accurately be identified as a coin miner trojan. That malware type utilizes your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, basically – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer pretty much nonfunctional as a result of high CPU usage.

What is Vape_v4.exe process?

Vape_v4.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus

Vape_v4.exe – Very high CPU and GPU use

Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners additionally utilize GPU power for their tasks. In that situation, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually used on 100%. It is not as critical as processor for system work, so Vape_v4.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and use all of it. It often can result in 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 Vape_v4.exe miner?

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

Initially, Vape_v4.exe virus makes your PC overloaded. It is not able to run your applications now, as all CPU power is consumed by a virus. That malware does not care for your wants, all it focuses on is generating income on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely struggle with exceptionally sluggish performance. Pages will open for years, any type of logins will likely take about a minute – just a nightmare for a person that works online.

Vape_v4.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Vape_v4.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	Raconnn.exe, Lilin.exe, Askelp.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Vape_v4.exe removal.

“Visible” damage is not a single negative activity coin miners do to your personal computer. Vape_v4.exe coin miner additionally deals damage to your operating system. To execute all malevolent functions effectively, it wrecks the security components of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to avoid recognition. If you open the HOSTS file, you will likely see a lot of new notes – they are brought in by this coin miner to connect your PC to a malicious cryptomining network. All these adjustments shall be gone back to the initial state in the process of system recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides making your computer slow, performing at peak level for a long period of time can cause damage to your device as well as increase electricity expenses. PC components are created to easily deal with high load, but they can do so only in case when they are in a good shape.

Little and well-protected processor cooling system is quite hard to crack. Meanwhile, GPUs have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily broke if affected while spinning, for instance, by the user much before the coin-miner injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the really high load caused by Vape_v4.exe can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. Graphic cards are also tend to have very fast wearing when utilized for cryptocurrency mining. It is surely a bad case when the performance of your video card decreases on 20-30% just after several weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Vape_v4.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

One more way you could get this item on your computer is by downloading it from the unreliable site as a part of a program. Users that spread hacked versions of well-known programs (which do not require 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 application and get a coin for each installation. Prior to blaming these individuals for hacking and also malware spreading, ask yourself – is it okay 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 figure for antivirus software as well as new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Vape_v4.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 programs, along with the majority of non-crucial 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.