How do I scan my computer for miners?

How to Check Computer for Hidden Mining. To check your computer for hidden mining, you can run Windows Task Manager (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and activating Task Manager) or another program that allows you to monitor the CPU, GPU, memory, disk space, network activity and what processes are running on the system.

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What is a Trojan Miner?

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 Bitcoin miner Trojan?

What kind of malware is BitCoinMiner? BitCoinMiner is a generic name of cryptocurrency-mining viruses . On first glance, the name suggests that these viruses mine only Bitcoin cryptocurrency, however, cyber criminals also attempt to mine other cryptocurrencies, such as Monero, Ethereum, etc.

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