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XMRig

An open-source, high-performance miner for the Monero cryptocurrency. It is widely abused by attackers who deploy it on compromised servers to mine coins using stolen compute, often disguised as a legitimate process.

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How to Detect a Hidden Cryptominer on a Windows Server

Modern miners evade Task Manager by design. Hunt on process lineage, service persistence and outbound connections instead of the one tool the malware is built to watch for.

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