Systemauto32.exe CPU Miner

Systemauto32.exe is a process that may be related to a Trojan infection. The Systemauto32.exe process has a name that should make it look like a legitimate system process, even though it is harmful. Systemauto32.exe is a CPU cryptocurrency miner at its core. This means that Systemauto32.exe will cause abnormal CPU usage on the infected machine, which will almost always result in serious system slowdown. The excessive CPU load comes from the fact that third party of bad actors is using the infected system's processor actively to mine cryptocurrency of some kind, whether it is Bitcoin, Etherium or some other digital currency.

Systemauto32.exe can use a number of infection vectors to get into its new host system, the most common of those is still free software bundles, downloaded from questionable sources, as well as fake updates for software such as Java and Adobe Flash. Systemauto32.exe seems to be based on the Minergate Trojan CPU miner and its offshoots. The name of the executable varies a lot between the different iterations, but the common theme is that they usually have names similar to legitimate Windows system processes to hinder user detection.

The excessive CPU load caused by Systemauto32.exe and similar cryptocurrency miners that use your system automatically may harm your computer in a number of ways. The most obvious would be the severe performance drop and general system slowdown that its victims may experience. The long-term effect of having a similar threat running on your system for longer periods of time is an overheating of parts and a dramatic shortening of their lifespan.

The best defense, as always, is a fully-featured and robust security suite that should be able to stop similar threats before they manage to be deployed to your system.