What is websock.exe?

websock.exe is part of XMRig and developed by www.xmrig.com according to the websock.exe version information.

websock.exe's description is "Monero (XMR) CPU miner"

websock.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Applications\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected websock.exe.

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VirusTotal report

44 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the websock.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win64.BitCoinMiner.R207592
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.DB971F6
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira	TR/CoinMiner.VL
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334
CAT-QuickHeal	Risktool.Bitcoinminer
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
Cyren	W32/Trojan.TYMS-2935
DrWeb	Tool.BtcMine.1029
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/BitCoinMiner.DN potentially unsafe
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334
Fortinet	Riskware/BitCoinMiner
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334
Ikarus	PUA.BitCoinMiner
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	RiskTool.BitCoinMiner.eah
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 005105ec1 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 005105ec1 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.gen
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	CoinMiner
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Sality.jh
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.12153334
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.BitCoinMiner.esnbdo
nProtect	Trojan/W64.BitCoinMiner.706048
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Rising	Trojan.Generic!8.C3 (ktse)
Sophos	Bitcoin Miner (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Gvq
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0F3C0OHG17
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0F3C0OHG17
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.S.BitCoinMiner.706048
Webroot	W32.Bitcoinminer.Gen
Zillya	Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.107760
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.gen

websock.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove websock.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the websock.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that websock.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate websock.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the websock.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate websock.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Applications\websock.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the websock.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If websock.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If websock.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If websock.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that websock.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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