Vysor.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Vysor.exe executable file comes from a harmful application that can accurately be defined as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware form uses your hardware to mine cryptocurrencies, basically – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer almost unfunctional as a result of high CPU utilization.

What is Vysor.exe process?

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

Vysor.exe – Extremely high CPU/GPU use

Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners additionally use GPU power for their tasks. In that instance, you will probably struggle even to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is often used on 100%. It is not as vital as CPU for system work, so Vysor.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and utilize all of it. It often may cause bad consequences.

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 Vysor.exe miner?

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

Firstly, Vysor.exe virus makes your PC overloaded. It is unable to run your applications anymore, because all processor power is used by a virus. That malware does not care for your demands, 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 slow efficiency. Pages will open for years, any type of logins will likely take about a minute – just a horror story for a person that does a job online.

Vysor.exe Technical Summary.

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

“Visible” harm is not a single negative activity coin miners perform to your PC. Vysor.exe coin miner also deals damage to your operating system. To carry out all malevolent functions effectively, it wrecks the security features of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to avoid detection. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a load of new entries – 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 initial state in the process of PC 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 machine and increase power bills. Hardware elements are designed to easily get along with high load, but they are good with it only when they are in a good shape.

Compact and covered processor fan is not very easy to crack. Meanwhile, GPUs have big and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily broke if affected while spinning, for example, by the user much earlier before the coin-miner injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the unusually high load caused by Vysor.exe virus can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. Graphic cards are also prone to have very fast wearing when used for crypto mining. It is likely an undesirable case when your GPU’s performance plunges 20-30% just after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Vysor.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 PC is by downloading it from the unreliable site as a part of a program. People who spread hacked versions of well-known programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to get paid. For this reason, there is a very big lure to include malware to the final package of the hacked app and acquire a coin for every installation. Prior to criticizing these people for hacking and malware distribution, ask yourself – is it okay to avoid paying for the program in such a way? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 one time than to pay a much bigger figure for antivirus software as well as new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Vysor.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 computer without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.