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Microsoft Security Intelligence
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Updated on Mar 12, 2012

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat can use your PC to generate or "mine" Bitcoins, a type of digital currency. This can severely affect the performance of your PC, making it seem to run slowly.

It can be installed on your PC when you visit a malicious or hacked webpage. You might have also downloaded it thinking it was something else, such as a picture or a legitimate program.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Alert level: severe