I got this Trojan.BitcoinMiner in my computer, and I can’t get rid of it. I have tried many different anti-virus tools to remove it, but all my work went in vain. This nasty thing drives me crazy! Why the virus can always come back after I remove it by using the anti-virus programs? No matter which program I use, it can’t clean this Trojan for me. I want it off my computer. Please help!

Brief Introduction to This Trojan

Trojan.BitcoinMiner is classified as a Trojan infection which can spread all over the world through the Internet. A computer without anti-virus program can be easily infected by this Trojan. However, with the protection of those anti-virus software, computers can also be attacked by it. In a word, Trojan infection is able to infect computers severely if it gets the leak on the computer. Mainly, this Trojan infection is implanted in some malicious websites and suspicious links, especially pornographic websites and online bogus advertisements, once people come to those web pages, their computers can be infected immediately. Also, this Trojan can hide in other free programs, once people download and install the free programs to the computer, their computers can also be infected. Spam E-mail attachment is also a way for this Trojan to spread.

Once this Trojan.BitcoinMiner starts its evil work in the infected computer, the firewall and the anti-virus program which has been installed in the computer can be turned off. The firewall in windows machines is the first safeguard to avoid being infected by different viruses and other computer threats. As it is turned off, the security level can the lowest, in this circumstance, this Trojan can create a backdoor for other viruses to come to harm computer more. As this infection can also disable the anti-virus program, the program will lose the ability to remove this Trojan as the program is corrupted by this nasty Trojan. Moreover, this Trojan.BitcoinMiner can mess up the windows registry which is the precondition for computer to perform well. Registry can go out of the order which can make the computer operate improperly and face many unwanted errors during the use.

With this Trojan infection, it can slow down the computer speed obviously. What’s worse, many system related files can be infected and removed arbitrary. Computer will suffer from more sudden errors and even cannot boot up. The longer it stays in the computer, the deeper the damage will be. The infected computer can finally come to a complete crash if this Trojan is not removed as soon as possible. With the help of this Trojan.BitcoinMiner, cyber hackers can access the infected computer without user’s consent, and do everything willingly on the infected computer. Usually, hackers who design this Trojan try to collect the financial details from innocent people on their computers. In this way, they can steal the information without PC users’ notice. If people don’t remove Trojan in time, more damage and loss will come.

Some Traits about This Trojan

-Can slow down the performance of the computer, or even blue screen.
-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive
-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.
-Your sensitive information can be stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of this adware.
-Cay give you many redirects all the time no matter what you are doing.
-May pretend as an anti-virus program and cheat you that computer is in dangerous, and ask you to pay to remove the threats.

NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected. If you are not a computer savvy,Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this Trojan.BitcoinMiner for you.

Manual Removal Guide of Trojan (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide of Trojan provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this PUP, the name of the process of it is random.

XP task manager

Step 2: Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

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Step 3: Try to find the files which relate to this Trojan.BitcoinMiner, and delete them all.

Step 4: Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel

XP-start-control-panel

Then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs

xp-add-remove-icon

Then try to find the program which relates to this Trojan.BitcoinMiner, highlight it and choose Remove, the program’s name is random.

4789794954_df8cfb11b2

Step 5: Click on Start button or press Win+R, then type regedit in the box to open Registry Editor, after that, try to find
C:\Users\profile name here\AppData\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Similar video guide to modify Windows registry:

Conclusion

Trojan.BitcoinMiner is a tricky computer infection which can harm the computer severely. It can help many other computer threats to come, and the computer can be messed up. Computer will perform abnormally and face many errors. Hackers can use this Trojan to control the infected computer remotely and steal the fiscal details they want. Once you detect your computer is infected by this malicious computer Trojan, please try to remove this Trojan.BitcoinMiner soon.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Trojan.BitcoinMiner? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on February 10, 2014 2:32 pm

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