Winserv.exe CPU Miner

The Winserv.exe CPU Miner is a cleverly modified version of the legitimate XMRig Miner application. Lately, cyber crooks have been utilizing modified versions of legitimate miners to exploit the hardware resources of innocent users who downloaded a file unknowingly, which is meant to deploy a CPU or GPU miner on their computers silently. Since the software in question is a CPU miner, this means that it will utilize a significant portion of the CPU's resources, as long as it is running. This might lead to a decline in the PC's overall behavior, as well as problems while running CPU-intensive applications and frequent crashes of the operating software or 3rd-party applications. In addition to this, the prolonged usage of the CPU will increase the temperature at which it operates, and might even have a negative impact on the CPU's life expectancy.

Although the Winserv.exe CPU Miner is not a direct security risk, you should not let software like this run on your computer since it will only worsen your experience. The miner's purpose is to utilize the CPU's resources to mine the Monero cryptocurrency, and all the money will be transferred to a wallet owned by the author of the Winserv.exe CPU Miner. An anonymous cyber crook may exploit the computers of hundreds of users to make money. The only visible symptom of the Winserv.exe CPU Miner is that its victims will have two new processes in their Task Manager – 'winserve.exe' and 'AudioHD.exe.' While 'AudioHD.exe' is usually used by audio drivers, the fake copy that the Winserv.exe CPU Miner uses is likely to be recognized due to the excessive amount of CPU resources it uses.

The Winserv.exe CPU Miner might be spread via fake downloads, fake software updates, or spam e-mails. However, the author also might use a broad range of other tricks and techniques to increase the number of people that will deploy the Winserv.exe CPU Miner to their computers unknowingly. To protect yourself and your machine effectively you should use a credible anti-virus tool that will scan all incoming files and wipe them out if they contain suspicious software like the Winserv.exe CPU Miner. A surprising thing about the Winserv.exe CPU Miner is that it also can be removed manually by uninstalling the 'Wise' entry from the Windows Control Panel. That's why some anti-virus product vendors might refer to the Winserv.exe CPU Miner as Wise CPU Miner.