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Hey clraik members
Mr friend just got a Win32/Coinminer virus and he doesn't know how to rid of it. He says his Anti-virus program wont get rid of it and he's tried many things. To all those who know about viruses and hacks like this: any solutions? Anything will be helpful. Thanks!![]()
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Adam (01-26-2012)
yea tell ur friend to do what reemer suggested, but if that doesn't work then he should backup his data and just format his comp.
Gotta get up in dat msconfig breh
Ok thanks alot man sending him link now
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@(you need an account to see links) thanks a ton man! He downloaded the Malwarebyte thingy and it got rid of it![]()
Even better! Malwarebytes is probably the best free antivirus. Glad I could help.
I'm guessing Coinminer turns your computer into a Bitcoin miner?
That sounds like a bitcoin miner to me. I mine bitcoins (virtual currency) and it slows down my computer too. The person that placed the virus on the computer did it so they could earn bitcoins off your friend's computer. Basically, they use your GPU or CPU to solve a lot of computations and in return they get bitcoins which they can use to buy stuff.