Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA) removal

The Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA) is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA) virus can do?

Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA)?


File Info:
crc32: C53C37DB
md5: edf4fe974b829b371c3d1faa3d8c6515
name: EDF4FE974B829B371C3D1FAA3D8C6515.mlw
sha1: 87bfa9f6d7dc99253a11c131a43bb186b8fa50c2
sha256: 7a96b775961dd94129370cd40fa8fa515ab7e91f01ab915b4299eb5c575c5a0c
sha512: b4cdcd25d393ff5212c8d448c5023af5dda9fddb54ffac5e8a2e10b354b1e8abdba6db3e9adabc6cce331bbf639d0a9f476745c304ba740239e652c0c913d343
ssdeep: 49152:UhlGr85FkBYimiVOSp2QWRMFIvRbX64IFOh5PMqptwVPwpWOUNmI3WAmj75Veam:BvmttuOwO6mIm
type: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA) also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Sangfor	Virus.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.6d7dc9
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win64/CoinMiner.IZ potentially unwanted
Avast	Win64:Malware-gen
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win64.Miner.b
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80117
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80117
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80117
Sophos	Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA)
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
FireEye	Generic.mg.edf4fe974b829b37
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80117 (B)
Jiangmin	RiskTool.Miner.qj
GData	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80117
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Miner3.Exp
McAfee	Artemis!EDF4FE974B82
MAX	malware (ai score=87)
Rising	HackTool.CoinMiner!1.D760 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.74288758.susgen
Fortinet	Riskware/CoinMiner
AVG	Win64:Malware-gen

How to remove Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA)?

Ethminer Ethereum Miner (PUA) removal tool

Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
“Move to quarantine” all items.
Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
Restart your computer.

About the author

Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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