isMiner

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 344
First Seen: March 27, 2017
Last Seen: December 24, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The isMiner software by isMiner Corp. is a legitimate software for mining digital currency like Bitcoin and Monero. Online currency is transferred in an encrypted format, and people can claim profit by facilitating digital money transactions and rent their processing power. The isMiner software uses graphics card processors to handle the mining of digital crypto currency, and users can download and use the desktop app for free. However, there are downsides to using programs like isMiner, Vnlgp Miner and NsCpuCNMiner. Digital money miners are very taxing on the system and can degrade the performance of the computer over time significantly faster compared to everyday usage.

PC users that are aware of benefits of using software like isMiner are free to install it, but they will not be bale to use the dedicated machine for much else. We have received reports that isMiner may arrive on systems without the user's knowledge and begin mining operations in the background. Cyber security investigators revealed that ill-minded third parties might use free program packages that contain legitimate software like BeansPlayer to spread a corrupted version of isMiner. The bad copy of isMiner was seen to accompany fake software updates to Adobe Flash, Java and multimedia players. At the time of writing this, isMiner v1.9 has a corrupted version that uses the same file structure as the legitimate copy. However, the corrupted versions can be operated remotely, and the desktop app may be registered as a hidden background service named 'isMiner worker.'

Computer users that are infected with a bad copy of isMiner may experience a significantly decreased system performance, black screen, program crashes, alerts that the virtual RAM is insufficient and random system reboot. isMiner is designed to run on the Windows boot, access your GPU's memory, and you may notice a flashing configuration panel before it is pushed to the background. Users that suspect they have been compromised by a corrupted copy of isMiner may want to use a trusted anti-malware scanner to remove unwanted software and potential threats on the machine.

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