What is Trojan Miner?

Summary. Trojan. BitCoinMiner identifies a program that either silently installs, or functions as, a specialized mining program (miner) and uses the computer’s physical resources (memory, processing power, etc) to generate units of a virtual or digital cryptocurrency.

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What is a miner virus?

All about cryptojacking Cryptojacking (also called malicious cryptomining) is an online threat that hides on a computer or mobile device and uses the machine’s resources to “mine” forms of online currency known as cryptocurrencies . Malicious cryptominers often come through web browser downloads or rogue mobile apps.

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