PUA.Win64.XMRig.KBW

This Potentially Unwanted Application uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application requires the following additional components to properly run:

• {Execution directory}\config.json
• {%User Profile%}\.xmrig.json
• {%User Profile%}\.config\xmrig.json

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

It does the following:

• Supported algorithm options:
  • cryptonight/0
  • cryptonight
  • cryptonight/1
  • cryptonight-monerov7
  • cryptonight_v7
  • cryptonight/2
  • cryptonight-monerov8
  • cryptonight_v8
  • cryptonight/fast
  • cryptonight/msr
  • cn/msr
  • cryptonight/r
  • cryptonight_r
  • cryptonight/xao
  • cryptonight_alloy
  • cryptonight/half
  • cryptonight/rto
  • cryptonight/rwz
  • cryptonight/zls
  • cryptonight/double
  • cryptonight/ccx
  • cryptonight/conceal
  • cn/conceal
  • cryptonight-lite/0
  • cryptonight-lite
  • cryptonight-light
  • cn-lite
  • cn-light
  • cryptonight_lite
  • cryptonight-lite/1
  • cryptonight-aeonv7
  • cryptonight_lite_v7
  • cryptonight-heavy/0
  • cryptonight-heavy
  • cn-heavy
  • cryptonight_heavy
  • cryptonight-heavy/xhv
  • cryptonight_haven
  • cryptonight-heavy/tube
  • cryptonight-bittube2
  • cryptonight-pico
  • cn-pico/0
  • cryptonight-pico/trtl
  • cn-pico/trtl
  • cryptonight-turtle
  • cn-trtl
  • cryptonight-ultralite
  • cn-ultralite
  • cryptonight_turtle
  • cn_turtle
  • cryptonight-pico/tlo
  • cryptonight/ultra
  • cn/ultra
  • cryptonight-talleo
  • cn-talleo
  • cryptonight_talleo
  • cn_talleo
  • cryptonight/upx2
  • cn-extremelite/upx2
  • cryptonight-upx/2
  • randomx/0
  • randomx/test
  • rx/test
  • randomx
  • randomx/wow
  • randomwow
  • randomx/arq
  • randomarq
  • randomx/graft
  • randomgraft
  • randomx/sfx
  • randomsfx
  • randomx/keva
  • randomkeva
  • chukwa
  • chukwav2
  • argon2/wrkz
  • kawpow/rvn
  • ghostrider/rtm
  • gr
• Supported coin options:
  • Monero
  • Sumokoin
  • ArQmA
  • Graft
  • Kevacoin
  • Ravencoin
  • Wownero

It accepts the following parameters:

• -o, --url=URL URL of mining server
• -a, --algo=ALGO mining algorithm https://xmrig.com/docs/algorithms
• --coin=COIN specify coin instead of algorithm
• -u, --user=USERNAME username for mining server
• -p, --pass=PASSWORD password for mining server
• -O, --userpass=U:Pusername:password pair for mining server
• -x, --proxy=HOST:PORT connect through a SOCKS5 proxy
• -k, --keepalive send keepalived packet for prevent timeout (needs pool support)
• --nicehashenable nicehash.com support
• --rig-id=ID rig identifier for pool-side statistics (needs pool support)
• --tls enable SSL/TLS support (needs pool support)
• --tls-fingerprint=HEX pool TLS certificate fingerprint for strict certificate pinning
• --dns-ipv6prefer IPv6 records from DNS responses
• --dns-ttl=N N seconds (default: 30) TTL for internal DNS cache
• --daemonuse daemon RPC instead of pool for solo mining
• --daemon-poll-interval=Ndaemon poll interval in milliseconds (default: 1000)
• --self-select=URL self-select block templates from URL
• --submit-to-originalso submit solution back to self-select URL
• -r, --retries=N number of times to retry before switch to backup server (default: 5)
• -R, --retry-pause=N time to pause between retries (default: 5)
• --user-agentset custom user-agent string for pool
• --donate-level=Ndonate level, default 1%% (1 minute in 100 minutes)
• --donate-over-proxy=N control donate over xmrig-proxy feature
• --no-cpudisable CPU mining backend
• -t, --threads=N number of CPU threads, proper CPU affinity required for some optimizations.
• --cpu-affinity=Nset process affinity to CPU core(s), mask 0x3 for cores 0 and 1
• -v, --av=Nalgorithm variation, 0 auto select
• --cpu-priority=Nset process priority (0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)
• --cpu-max-threads-hint=Nmaximum CPU threads count (in percentage) hint for autoconfig
• --cpu-memory-pool=N number of 2 MB pages for persistent memory pool, -1 (auto), 0 (disable)
• --cpu-no-yieldprefer maximum hashrate rather than system response/stability
• --no-huge-pages disable huge pages support
• --huge-pages-jitenable huge pages support for RandomX JIT code
• --asm=ASM ASM optimizations, possible values: auto, none, intel, ryzen, bulldozer
• --argon2-impl=IMPLargon2 implementation: x86_64, SSE2, SSSE3, XOP, AVX2, AVX-512F
• --randomx-init=Nthreads count to initialize RandomX dataset
• --randomx-no-numa disable NUMA support for RandomX
• --randomx-mode=MODE RandomX mode: auto, fast, light
• --randomx-1gb-pages use 1GB hugepages for RandomX dataset (Linux only)
• --randomx-wrmsr=N write custom value(s) to MSR registers or disable MSR mod (-1)
• --randomx-no-rdmsrdisable reverting initial MSR values on exit
• --randomx-cache-qos enable Cache QoS
• --openclenable OpenCL mining backend
• --opencl-devices=Ncomma separated list of OpenCL devices to use
• --opencl-platform=N OpenCL platform index or name
• --opencl-loader=PATHpath to OpenCL-ICD-Loader (OpenCL.dll or libOpenCL.so)
• --opencl-no-cache disable OpenCL cache
• --print-platforms print available OpenCL platforms and exit
• --cudaenable CUDA mining backend
• --cuda-loader=PATHpath to CUDA plugin (xmrig-cuda.dll or libxmrig-cuda.so)
• --cuda-devices=Ncomma separated list of CUDA devices to use
• --cuda-bfactor-hint=N bfactor hint for autoconfig (0-12)
• --cuda-bsleep-hint=Nbsleep hint for autoconfig
• --no-nvml disable NVML (NVIDIA Management Library) support
• --api-worker-id=IDcustom worker-id for API
• --api-id=ID custom instance ID for API
• --http-host=HOSTbind host for HTTP API (default: 127.0.0.1)
• --http-port=N bind port for HTTP API
• --http-access-token=T access token for HTTP API
• --http-no-restrictedenable full remote access to HTTP API (only if access token set)
• --tls-gen=HOSTNAMEgenerate TLS certificate for specific hostname
• --tls-cert=FILE load TLS certificate chain from a file in the PEM format
• --tls-cert-key=FILE load TLS certificate private key from a file in the PEM format
• --tls-dhparam=FILEload DH parameters for DHE ciphers from a file in the PEM format
• --tls-protocols=N enable specified TLS protocols, example: "TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3"
• --tls-ciphers=S set list of available ciphers (TLSv1.2 and below)
• --tls-ciphersuites=Sset list of available TLSv1.3 ciphersuites
• -l, --log-file=FILE log all output to a file
• --print-time=Nprint hashrate report every N seconds
• --health-print-time=N print health report every N seconds
• --no-colordisable colored output
• --verbose verbose output
• -c, --config=FILE load a JSON-format configuration file
• -B, --backgroundrun the miner in the background
• -V, --version output version information and exit
• -h, --helpdisplay this help and exit
• --dry-run test configuration and exit
• --export-topology export hwloc topology to a XML file and exit
• --title set custom console window title
• --no-titledisable setting console window title
• --pause-on-batterypause mine on battery power
• --pause-on-active=N pause mine when the user is active (resume after N seconds of last activity)
• --stressrun continuous stress test to check system stability
• --bench=N run benchmark, N can be between 1M and 10M
• --submitperform an online benchmark and submit result for sharing
• --verify=ID verify submitted benchmark by ID
• --seed=SEED custom RandomX seed for benchmark
• --hash=HASH compare benchmark result with specified hash
• --no-dmidisable DMI/SMBIOS reader

It uses the system's central processing unit (CPU) and/or graphical processing unit (GPU) resources to mine cryptocurrency. This behavior makes the system run abnormally slow.