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hi, i am almost 100% sure i have a bitcoin miner in my PC, its making my GPU run at load for no reason but i cant find it, malware bytes and such cant find it.

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That must be a very bad virus. If you can't remove it then you can always reset your system like formatting your hard drive and reinstalling Windows.

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You can try use ProcessHacker2 to check which processes utilizing your GPU.

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Don't reset your system, I think viruses stay in your system when you reset it, like it gets overwritten, but could still be there. I could be wrong though and hopefully I am. I would try Avast though and if I am wrong, I would just reset your system. Good luck mate :)

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PS: MAKE A BACKUP!!!!!!!! removing a virus can crash your whole system, virus scanners can also destroy your system on accident. you should also make backups even if you don't have a virus but in this case make one before attempting any removal tools.

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Just now, xAcid9 said:

You can try use ProcessHacker2 to check which processes utilizing your GPU.

ive tried using process explorer but i cant find anything, most sites have said its named SVchost, but theres a shit tonne of those but all from microsoft

 

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6 minutes ago, jeppe96 said:

ive tried using process explorer but i cant find anything, most sites have said its named SVchost, but theres a shit tonne of those but all from microsoft

 

Can you see which process use the most GPU power? Haven't use PE for along time so i don't remember if you can sort process that utilizing the GPU, you can do that with ProcessHacker.

 

Also you should enable Command Line column.

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Have you checked the Start Up tab to see if there is any fishy program at boot?

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Just now, ZothOmmog said:

Have you checked the Start Up tab to see if there is any fishy program at boot?

ive looked over it severall times, nothing fishy to me, just s alot of microsoft programms

 

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4 minutes ago, jeppe96 said:

ive looked over it severall times, nothing fishy to me, just s alot of microsoft programms

 

Okay, could you right click on the "Publisher" tab and select from the menu "Command Line" and check where each program is at?

 

Or you could also post a picture of it if you want.

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11 minutes ago, jeppe96 said:

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Looks normal to my eyes.
What make you think your PC is infected with Bitcoin virus in the first place?

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Just now, xAcid9 said:

Looks normal to my eyes.
What make you think your PC is infected with Bitcoin virus in the first place?

i have no clue, it started after playing rust on a custom server with a shit tonne of downloads.

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4 hours ago, jeppe96 said:

hi, i am almost 100% sure i have a bitcoin miner in my PC, its making my GPU run at load for no reason but i cant find it, malware bytes and such cant find it.

Just so I'm sure, youre saying your GPU is maxing out on idle with nothing going on, correct?

 

Anyway, if you're absolutely sure you have a bitcoin miner on your computer, and you've tried malwarebytes, try this fix: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/147125-please-help-me-remove-a-bitcoin-miner-virus/

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48 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

 

Just so I'm sure, youre saying your GPU is maxing out on idle with nothing going on, correct?

 

Anyway, if you're absolutely sure you have a bitcoin miner on your computer, and you've tried malwarebytes, try this fix: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/147125-please-help-me-remove-a-bitcoin-miner-virus/

well, nothing else seem plausible, one of the GPUs just run hardcore 100% load for no apparent reason.

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1 hour ago, jeppe96 said:

well, nothing else seem plausible, one of the GPUs just run hardcore 100% load for no apparent reason.

all the time or just spiking once in a while?

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3 hours ago, jeppe96 said:

well, nothing else seem plausible, one of the GPUs just run hardcore 100% load for no apparent reason.

if you set your gpu to maximum performance it will run at 100% speed all the time

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14 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

all the time or just spiking once in a while?

usually not on start up, but for hours after playing games like wow, bf1/4, dark souls 3 etc.

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12 hours ago, xGGAx said:

if you set your gpu to maximum performance it will run at 100% speed all the time

theyve had the same settings since it got em, and theyve never done this.

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honest question: Why sould you mine bitcoins at this point in time. It´s long gone...

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50 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

honest question: Why sould you mine bitcoins at this point in time. It´s long gone...

maybe becouse 1 is worth 1k? and the virus isnt just gonna disappear from the world cuz its old

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