Windows 10: Scanning for cryptocurrency mining malware

My windows 10 version is Home, 20H2, 64 bit. Build 19042.685

Many times, while having my laptop sit idle for few minutes, it heats up and fan speed go high. This happens mostly when during noon time when I often have to get off the laptop to answer the doorbell. No heavy software are running . Only Google Chrome, notepad, and Spotify.

I scanned my system using ESET internet security but found no malware.

I suspect I'm a victim of cryptocurrency mining malware. How can I scan better?

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Scanning for cryptocurrency mining malware

My windows 10 version is Home, 20H2, 64 bit. Build 19042.685

Many times, while having my laptop sit idle for few minutes, it heats up and fan speed go high. This happens mostly when during noon time when I often have to get off the laptop to answer the doorbell. No heavy software are running . Only Google Chrome, notepad, and Spotify.

I scanned my system using ESET internet security but found no malware.

I suspect I'm a victim of cryptocurrency mining malware. How can I scan better?

 

Is ethminer (a cryptocurrency mining application), from NiceHash Miner 1.6.0.0, a malware?

Hi. Numerous sources (websites/categories of websites related to cryptocurrencies) state that ethminer, cgminer, sgminer or any other cryptocurrency mining application are the so called "false positives", as long as they were downloaded from a theoretically
trustworthy source, as is NiceHash Miner, which comes with numerous cryptocurrency mining applications, being ethminer one of them.

According to Virus Total, an online service which uploads samples and verify in a database the most popular antivirus if they detect some malware, Kaspersky, a well established antivirus, won't detect it as malware, which makes me wonder if the aforementioned
file (ethminer.exe) is indeed some malware at all. Thanks in advance!

 

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