Comments on: Xmrig.exe Virus https://howtoremove.guide/xmrig-exe-virus-remove/ Virus & Malware Removal Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:16:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: George Slaine https://howtoremove.guide/xmrig-exe-virus-remove/#comment-103253 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:16:16 +0000 https://howtoremove.guide/?p=41942#comment-103253 In reply to Ben Dover.

Hi Ben Dover,
you are right, but that doesn’t mean that cybercriminals are not trying to disguise their malicious programs to look like XMRig. You can never be too sure. This removal guide is for people who have a suspicion that this is not legitimate software.

]]> By: Ben Dover https://howtoremove.guide/xmrig-exe-virus-remove/#comment-100846 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:17:03 +0000 https://howtoremove.guide/?p=41942#comment-100846 no, xmrig is a cpu miner for monero (XMR) cryptocurrency, yes it can be used without you knowing but unless it is modified (it is open source) it wont harm your pc and you just have kill it in task manager

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