Wrap.exe process is related to a harmful program that can accurately be recognized as a coin miner virus. That malware type utilizes your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin1. It makes your computer almost unusable due to high CPU usage.
What is Wrap.exe process?
Wrap.exe is a malicious process created by coin miner virus
Wrap.exe – Very high CPU and GPU use
Besides CPU usage, some of the coin miners also use GPU power for their operations. In that situation, you will likely struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is often used on 100%. It is not as crucial as CPU for system work, so Wrap.exe coin miner viruses do not waste time on trifles and utilize it all. It often can lead to bad consequences.
Shortly about cryptocurrency mining
List of the typical coin miner symptoms
How dangerous is the Wrap.exe miner?
Coin miners does not deal damage to your files. However, they make a lot of unpleasant things with the whole system
Initially, Wrap.exe malware makes your PC overloaded. It is unable to run your applications anymore, since all processor power is used 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 browser is open, you will likely experience extremely sluggish efficiency. Pages can open for years, any type of logins will likely take about a minute – just a headache for a person who does a job online.
Wrap.exe Technical Summary.
| File Name | Wrap.exe |
| Type | Trojan Coin Miner |
| Detection Name | Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner |
| Distribution Method | Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc. |
| Similar behavior | Nod42.exe, Health.exe, Cvc.exe |
| Removal | Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Wrap.exe removal. |
“Visible” damage is not a single unpleasant thing coin miners perform to your PC. Wrap.exe coin miner also deals damage to your operating system. To carry out all malevolent functions successfully, it wrecks the security features of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware stops it to prevent recognition. If you open the HOSTS file, you will likely see a load of new entries – they are brought in by this trojan miner to connect your system to a malicious cryptomining network. All these adjustments shall be reverted to the original in the process of system recovery.
Hardware effects of coin miner activity
Besides decreasing your PC’s performance, running at peak power for long times may trigger damage to your device as well as raise electricity bills. Hardware elements are created to easily deal with high load, but they can do so only when they are in a good shape.
Little and well-protected CPU fan is not very easy to crack. Meanwhile, graphic cards have large and easy-to-access rotors, which can be easily broke if affected while running, for example, by the user much earlier before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the unusually high load caused by Wrap.exe can easily lead to GPU failure3. GPUs are also tend to have very fast wearing when utilized for crypto mining. It is likely an unwanted case 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 Wrap.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 computer is by downloading it from the suspicious site as a part of a program. Users who spread hacked versions of popular programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to earn money. Hence, there is a very big temptation to include malware to the final package of the hacked app and receive a coin for each setup. Prior to criticizing these individuals for hacking and also malware distribution, ask yourself – is it OK to avoid buying the program in this manner? It is much cheaper to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much greater sum for antivirus program and new parts for your PC.
How to remove the Wrap.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 software, along with the majority of non-critical operating system components, are not started with the system start. That allows you to clean the computer without dealing with high processor usage of the coin miner.
References
- Read about why Monero and DarkCoin are so popular amongst cybercriminals.
- About unwanted effects for GPUs in the process of cryptomining.
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