What is Miltipool Miner?
With everyone being obsessed about the cryptocurrency nowadays, there are also many third-party applications out there designed to help people get the digital money. Miltipool Miner is one of those programs, and the reality is that it is a computer infection. The program is actually a mining program that makes use of a computer’s resources to “mine” cryptocurrency for its developers. If users fail to remove Miltipool Miner from their systems, they might eventually end up with extremely sluggish computers that cannot do anything at all. Therefore, the sooner you get rid of these types of threats, the better.
Where does Miltipool Miner come from?
Miner Trojans might be distributed in many ways. As far as we know, Miltipool Miner usually comes bundled with freeware. It means that users download the installer file for these infections themselves. No one would do it if they knew what they are downloading, but we believe that users are either not aware of the potential threats or they think it would not happen to them.
In fact, computer security specialists strongly recommend against downloading software from third-party sources. That is because it is basically impossible to tell whether you will get safe installer files. You might get the freeware application you have been looking for, but it is necessary to understand that third-party installers may bundle several applications together, and some of them could be malicious. This is also what our research team points out about Miltipool Miner: this Trojan could come with other tools that are known for collecting personal information behind your back.
In other words, it never rains, but it pours. And if you have one potential threat installed, the chances are that you have several others as well. So when you get down to removing this Trojan from your computer, you have to terminate other threats, too.
What does Miltipool Miner do?
To put it simply, this Trojan makes use of your system’s power to create cryptocurrency. This type of digital currency is created through ‘mining,’ which basically means that the transactions are being validated. To perform these validations, miners need to run complex algorithms; so technically, the entire process involves a lot of calculation. To perform those algorithmic calculations, miners need a lot of memory and system power. The more power you have, the more currency you can mine. Consequently, there is a part of the mining “industry” that delves into shady and illegal methods to mine cryptocurrency by infecting individual user computers and turning them into crypto-mining slaves.
The main problem with this approach is that it is illegal (obviously) and users lose computer functionality. It might be hard to notice at first because there are not pop-ups or other notifications that would inform you about this intrusion, but the longer Miltipool Miner remains on your system, the slower your computer will become. And it would not be surprising if one of those days you would not be able to move your mouse cursor for a few minutes. That is how sluggish your system can become!
On top of that, there might be more dangerous tools on your computer, too. Some of them might collect your personal information for online marketing tactics, while others may expose you various advertising campaigns, and the result might not be that good.
The point is you need to take this matter seriously even if it seems that the only thing Miltipool Miner is take up your CPU resources. The fact that there is an unwanted and dangerous program on your computer alone should be enough to spur you into action.
How do I remove Miltipool Miner?
It might be challenging to remove this mining Trojan from your computer if you are not an experienced computer user. There could be many layers to this infection, and unless you know all the directories where the malicious files are hidden, it could be hard to terminate it through and through.
Because of that, it is recommended that you remove Miltipool Miner using a licensed antispyware tool that would also look for other dangerous programs that could be running on your system. What’s more, using a powerful antispyware tool of your choice, you will be able to safeguard your computer from other dangerous infections in the future.
Manual Miltipool Miner Removal
- Open your Downloads folder.
- Delete all the suspicious files.
- Remove suspicious folders from your Desktop.
- Press Win+R and the Run prompt will open.
- Type %Temp% into the Open box and click OK.
- Remove the latest unfamiliar files from the directory.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc and Task Manager will open.
- Kill suspicious processes and run a full system scan with a security tool.
100% FREE spyware scan and
tested removal of Miltipool Miner*
0 Comments.