Distributed Computing Experiment Malware
Malware analysts have received reports of a threatening Bitcoin mining Trojan that disguises itself as a Distributed Computing Client. Dubbed Distributed Computing Experiment Malware, this threat will use your system's resources, which may cause significant performance problems on the affected computer. As Bitcoin has bubbled up in value in recent months, infections involving Bitcoin mining threats have increased drastically. The Distributed Computing Experiment Malware is one of the many threats used to profit at the expense of computer users in this way. You may find the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware file process in the Windows Task Manager listed as dce.exe and named DCEService. Certain security programs have indicated that this supposed Distributed Computing Client is actually a threat, a variant of previously known Bitcoin mining threats. The Distributed Computing Experiment Malware is a relatively recent variant of these types of infections. Because of this, the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware can rarely be detected without a powerful security application that is fully up-to-date.
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The Distributed Computing Experiment Malware is a Bitcoin Trojan
Mining Bitcoin has quickly stopped being profitable due to the expense of purchasing pricey hardware and paying the energy requirements of these kinds of operations. Because of this, criminals have started to resort to using Bitcoin mining Trojans like the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware which take over the victims' computers and then use their resources to mine Bitcoin, which may slow them down considerably and waste the victim's electricity and software. Although the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware may be recognized as a Potentially Unwanted Program, it is important to understand that the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware poses a direct threat to your computer's security. Variants of the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware may be used for legitimate Bitcoin mining, so it is important to keep these aspects of the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware in mind when running a threat scan of the affected computers.
The Distributed Computing Experiment Malware may make harmful changes to your computer's settings that prevent you from removing the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware. the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware may also be bundled with adware or known PUPs. Because of this, computer users should take steps to detect and remove any other unwanted components after uninstalling the Distributed Computing Experiment Malware.
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Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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1. | dce.exe |
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