Zecminer.exe Virus (Coin Miner Trojan) Removal

Zecminer.exe executable file is related to a malicious program that can correctly be recognized as a coin miner virus. That malware form utilizes your PC components to mine cryptocurrencies, generally – Monero or DarkCoin¹. It makes your personal computer roughly unfunctional due to high CPU utilization.

What is Zecminer.exe process?

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

Zecminer.exe – Really high CPU/GPU use

Besides CPU consumption, some of the coin miners also make use of GPU power for their tasks. In that instance, you will likely struggle even to see the mouse arrow moving – GPU is usually utilized on 100%. It is not as important as processor for system work, so Zecminer.exe coin miner viruses don’t waste time on trifles and use all of it. It often may lead to 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 Zecminer.exe miner?

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

Firstly, Zecminer.exe malware makes your system overloaded. It is not able to run your applications now, because all CPU power is used by a malware. That malware does not care for your wants, all it pays attention to is generating profits on you. Even if you are patient, and you waited until web browser is open, you will likely suffer from incredibly sluggish efficiency. Pages can open for years, any type of logins will take about a minute – just a headache for a person that does a job online.

Zecminer.exe Technical Summary.

File Name	Zecminer.exe
Type	Trojan Coin Miner
Detection Name	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner
Distribution Method	Software bundling, Intrusive advertisement, redirects to shady sites etc.
Similar behavior	12.exe, Msiexec64.exe, Conhost.exe
Removal	Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware for automatic Zecminer.exe removal.

“Visible” harm is not a solitary bad activity coin miners do to your personal computer. Zecminer.exe coin miner likewise deals damage to your OS. To carry out all malevolent operations successfully, it wrecks the security features of your system. You will likely see your Microsoft Defender disabled – malware halts it to prevent detection. If you open the HOSTS file, you will likely see a number of new notes – they are added by this coin miner to connect your computer to a malicious mining network. All these adjustments shall be thrown back to the original in the process of system recovery.

Hardware effects of coin miner activity

Besides making your computer slow, running at peak level for a long period of time may cause damage to your device as well as increase power expenses. PC elements are designed to easily get along with high load, but they can do so only in case when they are in a good shape.

Compact and covered processor cooling system is quite hard to crack. Meanwhile, GPUs have big and easy-to-access fans, which can be easily broke if affected while working, for example, by the user much before the malware injection. Malfunctioning cooling system, together with the really high load caused by Zecminer.exe malware can easily lead to graphic processing unit failure³. Graphic cards are also prone to have very fast wearing when used for cryptocurrency mining. It is likely an undesirable case when the performance of your graphic card plunges 20-30% only after 1-2 weeks of being used in such a way.

How did I get Zecminer.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 untrustworthy web page as a part of a program. Users that spread hacked versions of favored programs (which do not need the license key) have small chances to get paid. Thus, there is a very big lure to include malware to the final package of the hacked application and acquire a coin for every setup. Before criticizing these individuals for hacking and malware spreading, ask yourself – is it alright to avoid buying the program in such a way? It is more affordable to pay $20-$30 at once than to pay a much greater sum for antivirus program as well as new parts for your PC.

How to remove the Zecminer.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 applications, just like the majority of non-crucial system components, are not launched with the system start. That allows you to clean the computer without dealing with high CPU usage of the coin miner.