Wincsvns.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Wincsvns.exe executable file comes from a harmful program that can correctly be defined as a coin miner trojan virus. That malware type utilizes your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, primarily – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer pretty much unusable because of high CPU use.

What is Wincsvns.exe process?

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

Wincsvns.exe – Very high CPU and GPU usage

Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners also make use of GPU power for their operations. In that situation, you will likely struggle also to see the mouse cursor moving – GPU is often utilized on 100%. It is not as vital as CPU for system work, so Wincsvns.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and use all of it. It sometimes may cause sad results.

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 Wincsvns.exe miner?

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

Initially, Wincsvns.exe virus makes your computer overloaded. It is unable to run your applications now, because all CPU power is consumed by a malware. 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 struggle with incredibly slow efficiency. Pages will open up for years, any type of logins will take about a minute – just a headache for a person that works online.

Wincsvns.exe Technical Summary.

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

“Visible” harm is not a single negative activity coin miners perform to your system. Wincsvns.exe coin miner also deals damage to your operating system. To conduct all malicious functions effectively, it ruins the security features of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware stops it to avoid detection. If you check the HOSTS file, you will likely see a lot of new notes – they are added by this coin miner to connect your system to a malicious cryptomining network. All these changes are about to be thrown back to the initial state in the process of computer recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides making your computer slow, performing at peak level for long times may cause damage to your machine and 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.

Compact and covered CPU fan is quite hard to broke. Meanwhile, GPUs have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily cracked if touched while working, for instance, by the user much before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the unusually high load caused by Wincsvns.exe can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. GPUs are also tend to have increased wearing when utilized for crypto mining. It is likely an unwanted situation when the performance of your GPU plunges 20-30% only after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Wincsvns.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. Users who spread hacked versions of favored programs (which do not demand the license key) have small chances to make money. Therefore, there is a very big temptation to add malware to the final package of the hacked app and acquire a coin for each installation. Before criticizing these individuals for hacking and malware spreading, ask yourself – is it OK to avoid purchasing the program in such a way? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 one time than to pay a much bigger sum for antivirus software as well as new parts for your computer.

How to remove the Wincsvns.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 PC is in Safe Mode, all third-party programs, just like the majority of non-critical operating system 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.