How to Remove Wise XMRig CPU Miner Trojan

This article can help you to remove Wise XMRig Virus. The step by step removal works for every version of Microsoft Windows.

To say that Wise XMRig is a Trojan horse, won’t be enough. This parasite is a special type of Trojan. It is designed to use your computer resources at their limits for profit. Wise XMRig Trojan is using your CPU and GPU to dig cyber currency. The mining process consumes an enormous amount of computer resources. It can slow your computer down significantly, at best. At worse, it will cause irreversible hardware damage and data loss. The Trojan uses both your CPU and GPU to provide accounting services for the coin platform. In exchange for its services, your computer is rewarded with cyber currency. However, the coins are not sent to you, but to the crooks behind the Trojan. The coin mining process is only profitable if you don’t use your own resources. That is why the owners of Wise XMRig are using yours. We must warn you from the beginning. Next time you will pay more for electricity. Your computer runs on electricity. Since it is heavily used by the Wise XMRig Trojan is not hard to imagine why your bill is doubled, maybe even tripled. The crooks are making a mint at your expense. Do not allow this to continue any longer. We have provided a step-by-step removal guide down below. However, we would like to warn you. Wise XMRig is a sophisticated Trojan. Its removal requires a bit more advanced computer skills. If you are not confident in yours, use a trustworthy anti-malware application and run a full system scan. This is the safest and easiest way to deal with the Wise XMRig Trojan.

How did I get infected with?

The Wise XMRig Mining Trojan did not materialize by magic. This parasite relies on the good old spam emails to reach its victims. A little extra caution can prevent this technique from succeeding. The crooks tend to write on behalf of well-known organizations, companies, banks, post offices, police departments, etc. If you receive such an email, do not open it immediately. Verify the sender first. You can simply enter the questionable address into some search engine. If it was used for shady business, someone might have complained online. You can also visit the organization’s official website. You can find their authorized email addresses there. Compare them with the one you have received a message from. If they don’t match, delete the pretender. Caution can prevent parasite such as Wise XMRig Trojan from succeeding. Other virus techniques include torrents, malvertising, fake program updates, and software bundling. Freeware, shareware, and pirated copies of licensed software often become hosts for viruses. When you start an installation process, opt for the Advanced option in the Setup Wizard. Only under the Advanced setup will you be giving a chance to deselect all unwanted programs. Make sure you understand what you are giving your approval to. Always do your due diligence. Keeping a powerful anti-virus program on board is also a good idea.

Why is this dangerous?

The Wise XMRig Trojan should be removed upon detection. This parasite has no place on your computer. It can never be beneficial to you. On the contrary — it is an expense. For every minute it spends on your computer, you will pay. The Trojan consumes a lot of electricity. But what do you think happens with this energy? Nothing is lost in nature. The electricity is transformed into heat. The Wise XMRig Mining Trojan forces your PC to run at high temperatures. This is bad, very bad for your hardware. The Trojan will shorten your CPU’s life significantly. If your cooling system is not efficient enough, the miner will cause frequent system crashes. This, inevitably, leads to the dreaded Blue Screen of Death and data loss. In some cases, to irreversible hardware damage. Keeping the Wise XMRig on board is not worth it. Take immediate actions against this virus. The sooner it is gone, the better!

Manual Wise XMRig Removal Instructions

The Wise XMRig infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Wise XMRig infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down Wise XMRig related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Wise XMRig startup location

STEP 3: Delete Wise XMRig traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Wise XMRig related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Wise XMRig startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Wise XMRig virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

Step 4: Undo the possible damage done by Wise XMRig

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Wise XMRig, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

 

• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Wise XMRig Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible virus leftovers or temporary files.