Is CPU miner a virus?

All (well, lets say almost) CPU Minner versions are without virus/trojans/malware itself . However, It is widely used by malware, so it makes sense to detect Bitcoin mining and let user to choose (or not) to delete the miner or to leave it running.

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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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