How To Delete OneDrive.exe CPU Miner Effectively From Windows

OneDrive.exe CPU Miner : Threat’s Summary

Name OneDrive.exe CPU Miner
Type Trojan
Risk Impact High
Description OneDrive.exe CPU Miner runs malicious codes on the computer to provide unauthorized access to cyber hackers.
Possible Symptoms Performance degradation of system, other malware attacks, cyber theft, etc.
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Detailed Information on OneDrive.exe CPU Miner

 

Cyber security experts have received many reports of infections involving OneDrive.exe CPU Miner that shows up on a system all of a sudden and be very difficult to eliminate. It can be identified onto the primary computer drive and might be found in 'C:\Disk\onedrive.exe' location under a hidden folder name, which makes it quite difficult for the system users and common anti-virus application in order to combat it. Although, it is a CPU miner threat used by criminal hackers to make illegal money and get benefited at the expense of affected PC users by using their machine to mine cryptocurrency. Furthermore, OneDrive.exe CPU Miner virus can cause the infected device to overheat and perform poorly.

OneDrive.exe CPU Miner

Security investigators at RMV want to advise the compromised system users to make sure that they uses a credible and powerful anti-malware tool which also possesses anti-rootkit capabilities when dealing with such type of notorious Trojan threat. Besides, it is especially configured to mine crypto-currencies, such as Bitcoins (BTC), Monero (XMR), Etherium (ETH) and others. Due to the presence of OneDrive.exe CPU Miner malware, you will see unwanted processes onto your Windows Task Manager like 'CPUutility.exe' and network connections maintained by 'Onedrive.exe' while using the rogue applications. Moreover, this Trojan uses additional computer resources and taking the system away from affected users.

What to do after OneDrive.exe CPU Miner invasion?

There are plenty of crypto-currency miner is available over the Internet for free and you can easily download them to mine crypto-currency for yourself. However, since this free software uses so many computer resources, it is not typically profitable for the average PC users. Once OneDrive.exe CPU Miner gets installed onto your device, it will take up a huge amount of system processing power and uses more than 80% of CPU and GPU resources. It will immediately carry out the currency transaction to generate cryptocurrency, but also cause the contaminated Windows machine to consume more and more power, run at extremely high temperature, and present various other serious issues as well.

The malware can decrease the life cycle of your computer and make it quite difficult to be used effectively. Thus, it would be better for you to eliminate OneDrive.exe CPU Miner from your machine as early as possible. For that, you can follow the instructions provided below in this security article or may wish to use a powerful anti-malware shield like the one recommended in this post to get rid of this threat completely. Anti-virus companies may detect this Trojan with several names, such as Win32/BitCoinMiner, Troj.Msil.Bitcoin!c, Trojan.MSIL.BitCoin.jzz, Artemis!73F5B81F6E8B, Trojan.MSIL.gen.a.13, Trojan.Agent.Mnr and a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.CHR.

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How to Remove OneDrive.exe CPU Miner from Compromised PC (Manual Steps)

(This guide is intended to help users in following Step by Step instructions in making Windows Safe)

The first step which need to be followed is to Restart Windows PC in Safe Mode

Reboot in Safe Mode (For Windows XP | Vista | Win7)

  1. Restart Computer
  2. Tap on F8 continuously when the PC starts booting and select the option to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

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For Windows 8/8.1

  1. Press on the Start Button and then Choose Control Panel from the menu option
  2. Users need to opt for System and Security, to select Administrative Tools and then System Configuration.

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3.  Next, Click on the Safe Boot option and then choose OK, this will open a pop-up window, next Select Restart Option.

For Windows 10

  1. Start Menu is to be selected to Open it
  2. Press the power button icon which is present in the right corner, this will display power options menu.
  3. Keeping the SHIFT Key pressed on the keyboard, select the restart option. This will reboot Win 10
  4. Now you need to select the Troubleshoot icon, followed by advanced option in the startup Settings. Click on Restart. This will give the option to reboot, now select Enter Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2. Uninstall OneDrive.exe CPU Miner from Task Manager on Windows

How to End the Running Process related to OneDrive.exe CPU Miner using Task Manager

  1. Firstly, Open Task Manager by Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc in Combination
  2. Next, Click on processes to Find OneDrive.exe CPU Miner
  3. Now Click and select End Process to terminate OneDrive.exe CPU Miner.

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Step3: How to Uninstall OneDrive.exe CPU Miner from Control Panel on Windows

for Win XP| Vista and Win 7 Users

  1. Click and Select on Start Menu
  2. Now Control Panel is to be selected from the list
  3. Next Click on Uninstall Program
  4. Users need to Choose suspicious program related to OneDrive.exe CPU Miner and right clicking on it.
  5. Finally, Select Uninstall option.

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For Win 8

  • Click and Select “Charms bar
  • Now Select Settings Option
  • Next Click on Control Panel
  • Select on Uninstall a Program Option and right click on program associated to OneDrive.exe CPU Miner and finally uninstall it.

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For Windows 10

  1. The first Step is to Click and Select on Start Menu
  2. Now Click on All Apps
  3. Choose OneDrive.exe CPU Miner and other suspicious program from the complete list
  4. Now right Click on to select OneDrive.exe CPU Miner and finally Uninstall it from Windows 10

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Step: 4 How to Delete OneDrive.exe CPU Miner Created Files from Registry

  • Open Registry by Typing Regedit in the Windows Search Field and then press on Enter.
  • This will open the registry entries. Now users need to press CTRL + F together and type OneDrive.exe CPU Miner to find the entries.
  • Once located, delete all OneDrive.exe CPU Miner named entries. If you are unable to find it, you need to look up for it on the directories manually. Be careful and delete only OneDrive.exe CPU Miner entries, else it can damage your Windows Computer severely.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random

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Still having any problem in getting rid of OneDrive.exe CPU Miner, or have any doubt regarding this, feel free to ask our experts.

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