PUP.BitMiner

[deodesu]

Hi! So recently, somehow I contracted a virus. It's a virus that masks itself as an antivirus program. It wouldn't let me open any programs, so I shut down and turned my computer back on and did safe mode with networking. From there I opened Malwarebytes and did a full system scan. 4 infected things came up. One of which was PUP.BitMiner, but the box beside it wasn't checked in. I don't know what to do with it- Is this a virus, or no? I looked online and found someone saying that PUP. might mean unwanted file but not necessarily anything malicious.. I have no idea.

It says PUP.BitMiner Category: File Item: c:\\Windows\assembly\temp\kwrd.dll

I'm not very computer literate, and am really new to windows. Any help is appreciated. Thorough explanations that are easy to understand would be great.. Thanks!!

[exile360]

Greetings and welcome

PUP means Potentially Unwanted Program. Items categorized this way are generally not necessarily malicious, but can do things that may be undesirable. I would personally recommend checking the box next to it and removing it, as that particular item (BitMiner) has been bundled with infections lately, and that's likely how it got on your computer. If you are still seeing signs of infection then I would also recommend that you do the following to receive expert assistance with getting your system cleaned up and back in proper working condition:

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