The WindowsTime Miner is a Trojan that utilizes a victim's graphics card to mine bitcoins. When installed, this Trojan will install a bitcoin mining program that will attempt to mine bitcoins for the malware developer by using the resources of your graphic card.

The WindowsTime Miner works by installing the open-source Python PyOpenCL bitcoin miner and various executables into the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Time folder. The WindowsTime.exe executable will then be launched, which will then launch the TimeServer.exe executable that actually performs the mining of the bitcoins.

As the WindowsTime.exe miner does not use significant CPU resources, it may not be readily apparent that there is malware running on the computer. So how would a victim know if they are infected with the WindowsTime Miner? Unfortunately, it's not so easy unless they look at running processes or commonly utilize the processing power of their graphics card to notice a slowdown.

With that said, here is a list of symptoms that a user can use to determine if they are infected with the WindowsTime.exe Bitcoin Miner:

WindowsTime.exe (Windows Time), TimeServer.exe, or Time-svc.exe (Time Service)processes running in Task Manager.

Windows minimize and maximize slowly, games run slower, and videos stutter.

Programs don't launch as quickly.

How was the WindowsTime.exe Miner installed on my Computer?

It is not currently known how the WindowsTime.exe miner is being installed on a victim's computer. It could be installed manually by the developer hacking into a computer or along with other malware. Therefore, it is important to always have a good security program installed in order to monitor for unauthorized and malicious programs.

As you can see, the WindowsTime.exe miner is a program that steals your computer's resources and your electricity and profits from it. In order to make a computer operate normally again and protect the computer's hardware, you should use the guide below to remove this Trojan for free.