Remove Coinhive - how to clean your computer

Website owners have the option to use Coinhive to mine cryptocurrencies. This involves a JavaScript miner. Usually, users are asked beforehand if the CPU processing power can be used. If you do not want to, you can remove the service.

How to remove Coinhive from your PC

One way to find out if the Coinhive service is on your computer and is taking up your CPU processing power without permission is to use Task Manager. If high CPU usage is consistently displayed there, your browser responds with a delay and not smoothly, or your programs also stop responding, then this is an indication that the service is on the PC. Note that the browser always requires a lot of CPU resources when there are many tabs.

1. Check your antivirus program first. Most protection software already blocks access to pages that want to run the service.
2. Download and install Malwarebytes software. With the program, you can run a scan and then remove or quarantine all files affected by Coinhive.
3. Another option is to check the CPU usage of certain tabs and extensions. To do so, go to the menu icon in the top right corner and then to "More tools" and "Task manager". Quit all extensions that use more than 60 percent of the CPU.
4. Finally, reset your browser to remove the remaining components of the service as well.