Categories: Malware

What is “Win32:VMiner-E [Miner]”?

The Win32:VMiner-E [Miner] 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 Win32:VMiner-E [Miner] virus can do?

  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • The executable is compressed using UPX

How to determine Win32:VMiner-E [Miner]?


File Info:

crc32: 768334D7md5: 3af146207b61535372ffe597343b1c7dname: sysupdate.exesha1: d26a556a8975e74cdedc04a03497d85aed232c78sha256: da07b536dd1cf9145582de36d2e60a991f254d704a5c72486501a0b536b8947dsha512: 89bcf6a98f32b5229c5eb2b776bfa0df02b29c3fed72d6491706a575f782d0531837091ea5f76439250913cba7da8bc99207d49146be882e50f51f6e80497b6essdeep: 24576:ALTkC0AGGuYpUxbAteDBOEQ6ssUEDmM/Ao0gAE/:A30lm6bZVOEr7VDTZTtype: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2016-2019 xmrig.comFileVersion: 5.0.1CompanyName: www.xmrig.comProductName: XMRigProductVersion: 5.0.1FileDescription: XMRig minerOriginalFilename: xmrig.exeTranslation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Win32:VMiner-E [Miner] also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Miner.2
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.BitcoinMiner
McAfee RDN/Generic PUP.x
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AegisLab Riskware.Win32.Generic.1!c
Sangfor Malware
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 0054d80b1 )
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Miner.2
K7GW Adware ( 0054d80b1 )
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Invincea heuristic
Symantec Trojan.Gen.NPE
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:VMiner-E [Miner]
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Miner.2
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.Generic
Rising Trojan.Win32/64.XMR-Miner!1.ADCC (TFE:5:SmImTGlw5gU)
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Miner.2
Sophos XMRig Miner (PUA)
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#a2ph0m599xii
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R01FC0PL319
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win64.Generic.cc
FireEye Generic.mg.3af146207b615353
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Application.Miner.2 (B)
Ikarus Trojan.Win64.CoinMiner
Jiangmin RiskTool.Generic.pld
Webroot Bitcoinminer.Gen
MAX malware (ai score=77)
Antiy-AVL GrayWare/Win32.Kryptik.BQX
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
Arcabit Trojan.Application.Miner.2
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.Generic
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.C!cl
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win64.XMR-Miner.R226842
Acronis suspicious
Malwarebytes RiskWare.BitCoinMiner
Panda Trj/CI.A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/CoinMiner.PQ potentially unwanted
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R01FC0PL319
Yandex Riskware.Agent!
SentinelOne DFI – Suspicious PE
Fortinet Riskware/Generic
AVG Win32:VMiner-E [Miner]
Cybereason malicious.07b615
Paloalto generic.ml
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.RiskTool.c0f

How to remove Win32:VMiner-E [Miner]?

  • 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.
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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