Browser based Crypto Miner

[Neemobeer]

Just got done helping a neighbor. Her mouse was spinning and the system was slow. Looked in task manager and saw an iexplore process which had been spawned via a script to run hidden. Basically it was mining crypto currency in the background. Resolving it was simply a matter of closing the process, but something to be on the look out.

Some reading on these crypto browser scripts

Cryptocurrency Miners hidden in websites now run even after users close the browser

 

[ussnorway]

what browser | firewall system did this lady have on your machine?

 

[Axel PC]

That was a good read. Thanks for sharing. I passed it along to some friends too.

 

[Neemobeer]

She has norton and it spawned from a chrome browser.

 

[Axel PC]

I'm kind of suprised that the bit mining stuff is still going on.