Minerd.exe using 95% of CPU

[Ghost901]

Hi there, 
So it been three weeks that i have built my new pc (Gaming)

 

specs are
Corei7 7700k 4.2ghz base clock

GTX 1060 6gb

Asus B250H strix gaming motherboard

16gb of DDR4 ram (Ripjaws)

HHD 2tb berracuda drive

500GB ssd 

 

I am facing a problem, (NOT A PROBLEM) but when i try to run any GAME, like FIFA18 or RYSE son of rome, They seems to hang in middle of game . When i take a look at the Task manager

The cpu usage is over 96% 
whats taking that much usage , Its minerd.exe is using 96% of Cpu ! 


PLEASE HELP !!!

[Caazje]

Have you recently downloaded any sketchy files or programs?

It could be an miner program that you have downloaded against your will.

Go to the program (minerd.exe) in your task managar and press on it with the right mouse button.

Choose "open file location" and see if there is an uninstaller.

[Belzebuth]

Definetly a PUP, you may have installed it without knowing, try Malwarebytes to remove it

[Droidbot]

definitely miner malware.

 

scan with malwarebytes and hitmanpro

[WillGerm]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

definitely miner malware.

 

scan with malwarebytes and hitmanpro

this.... you're getting mined....

[Droidbot]

6 minutes ago, WillGerm said:

this.... you're getting mined....

dude forgot to name the exe to something less suss and turn down the intensity so it doesn't fucking kill the system smh

[WillGerm]

Just now, Droidbot said:

dude forgot to name the exe to something less suss and turn down the intensity so it doesn't fucking kill the system smh

Most liekly someone who works at "Microsoft support" .....

[Froody129]

It boggles me that hackers will call the program its function...

 

Also had one of these but it was like 30% and took me a while to notice anything.

[r3robbie]

Do you have an antivirus? Even a free one like Avast or Bitdefender should've caught something that obvious.

I'd scan the system with an AV program (if you have one, like the two above), Malwarebytes, and to be on the safe side, either RougeKiller or AdwCleaner.

[Ghost901]

59 minutes ago, Belzebuth said:

Definetly a PUP, you may have installed it without knowing, try Malwarebytes to remove it

I am not sure , i dont know how to use these ?? 
 

[Ghost901]

1 hour ago, Caazje said:

Have you recently downloaded any sketchy files or programs?

It could be an miner program that you have downloaded against your will.

Go to the program (minerd.exe) in your task managar and press on it with the right mouse button.

Choose "open file location" and see if there is an uninstaller.

There is no uninstaller, can i just delete the files or something ?

[kelvinhall05]

4 minutes ago, Ghost901 said:

I am not sure , i dont know how to use these ?? 
 

Download them, install them, and run them.

[Ghost901]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

Download them, install them, and run them.

Can i simply delete the files ?? because i just got the location of minerd.exe 
i dont know if it brings any Harm to my computer

[kelvinhall05]

17 minutes ago, Ghost901 said:

Can i simply delete the files ?? because i just got the location of minerd.exe 
i dont know if it brings any Harm to my computer

Just reinstall Windows if you aren't going to download MalwareBytes and scan. Seriously.

[Ghost901]

8 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Just reinstall Windows if you aren't going to download MalwareBytes and scan. Seriously.

Okay downloading the malware byts 

 

[Ghost901]

51 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Just reinstall Windows if you aren't going to download MalwareBytes and scan. Seriously.

I scanned the system and got 32 different files as threat (by malware bytes) 
I quarantined them and removed them after reboot. But still the minerd.exe is processing its process on its peak.

Please help what should i do next ?

[Caazje]

20 minutes ago, Ghost901 said:

I scanned the system and got 32 different files as threat (by malware bytes) 
I quarantined them and removed them after reboot. But still the minerd.exe is processing its process on its peak.

Please help what should i do next ?

If i remember correctly you should be able to manually put files in quarantine. Not sure how this works with malwarebytes. 

 

[johnukguy]

Download and run something such as Avast or Panda free antivirus. What you have is a Trojan. You can also follow this guide:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-minerd-cryptocurrency-miner

In future, for god's sake have a decent anti virus and malwarebytes running on your system.

[r3robbie]

7 hours ago, Ghost901 said:

I scanned the system and got 32 different files as threat (by malware bytes) 
I quarantined them and removed them after reboot. But still the minerd.exe is processing its process on its peak.

Please help what should i do next ?

Okay, so here's what we're gonna do.

 

First, we're gonna stop the process from running so you can actually get shit done.

 

1. Download and run Rkill.exe. This should kill the process so it isn't hogging your CPU while you're trying to remove this infection.
2. Download and install Avast antivirus, and run a full system scan.
3. When the above is finished, download and run AdwCleaner. Run a scan and restart after it's cleaned everything.
4. (This is probably redundant at this point, but do it anyway) Download and run the appropriate portable of rougekiller. Scan, and then restart your computer.

You may also follow the guide that johnukguy linked below instead of the above if you feel more comfortable with that.

 

5 hours ago, johnukguy said:

Download and run something such as Avast or Panda free antivirus. What you have is a Trojan. You can also follow this guide:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-minerd-cryptocurrency-miner

In future, for god's sake have a decent anti virus and malwarebytes running on your system.

 

Let me know how this goes.

[kelvinhall05]

7 hours ago, Ghost901 said:

I scanned the system and got 32 different files as threat (by malware bytes) 
I quarantined them and removed them after reboot. But still the minerd.exe is processing its process on its peak.

Please help what should i do next ?

Reinstall Windows.