Vnlgp Miner

Posted: April 14, 2016

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Ranking:	3,976
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	7,909

First Seen:	April 14, 2016
Last Seen:	October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Vnlgp Miner is a cryptocurrency-mining Trojan that may use your PC's resources for generating money. Besides being capable of causing performance and quality of life issues, a Vnlgp Miner also may impact the health of your PC's hardware substantially. While it may lack meaningful attack capabilities, all PC owners should use dedicated anti-malware tools to remove the Vnlgp Miner with the same sense of urgency that they apply to removing other Trojans.

When a Threat Burrows Right Through Your Graphics Card

Threats don't always dedicate themselves to attacking their host machines. Besides using such systems as means of transportation, they also may use system's resources for other, no less illicit activities. These activities may include Web traffic fraud, as well as, in the Vnlgp Miner's case, create cryptocurrency with an unowned machine's assistance.

The Vnlgp Miner's central component is sgminer, a non-threatening, freeware app. The program's intended purpose is to allow PC owners to generate cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin by dedicating a portion of their graphic card's processing power towards the routine, with support for overclocking, multi-threading and variable fan speeds. However, the Vnlgp Miner may install this component and maintain its persistence automatically.

Malware experts found no features for concealing the Vnlgp Miner's memory process (vnlgp.exe), although the threat may refuse to install itself on systems that include well-known brands of anti-virus software. By using all available system resources without any respect for the hardware's manufacturer specifications, a Vnlgp Miner may cause substantial performance problems, such as crashes, overheat your PC's internal components, or even destroy them permanently. Unlike a legitimate cryptocurrency miner installation, the Vnlgp Miner has no interface for controlling its in-use settings or disabling its software.

Halting an Unapproved Mining Expedition

The Vnlgp Miner's symptoms are sufficiently obvious so that most PC owners should be able to identify the telltale signs as soon as the threat activates itself. However, without a prompt response, the Vnlgp Miner puts the physical components of your machine in danger of taking unnecessary damage for the sake of creating currency for con artists. Monitoring your average system resource usage, as well as statistics like GPU temperatures, can give you some additional warning about the Vnlgp Miner and other, resource-heavy threats.

Distribution methods for the Vnlgp Miner may bundle this threat with other files, such as illegal movie downloads. With recent installations, malware experts also connected this threat with Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), including some forms of adware. PUPs, while not an ever-present danger to your PC like the Vnlgp Miner, may cause security issues, and their removal always should be strongly considered.

Delete the Vnlgp Miner with the same anti-malware software you would use for any Trojan that takes autocratic control of your PC. Afterward, continue monitoring your hardware in general and your graphics card in particular for possible problems that could arise from overuse.

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