Estimated safety rating

xmrig.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria detailed in this document. It is yet unknown if xmrig.exe is malware or not which doesn't harm your computer. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

This application is normally found on disk in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AwesomeMiner\xmrig-2.4.4_1\xmrig.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 5548415c7c8971a1471020abe7e7cd79.

Is running as a service

This application does NOT run as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is ok. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a 64-bit executable. It runs using the full capacity of nowadays' CPUs.

File description

The description written in the file is XMRig CPU miner.

File version

File version extracted from the file 2.4.4.

Manufacturer

Company name www.xmrig.com.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2016-2018 xmrig.com.

Has valid windows

xmrig.exe appears to have a visible user interface. This is good because it doesn't run in some kind of invisible mode. Its operation is clearly displayed to you.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous functions of Windows have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

A digital signature is missing from this program. The maker did not sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.