Trojan Photominer is a detection for a family of Coin Miner. It infects insecure FTP servers and alters the source code of the HTML page to spread. When a user accesses the infected page, they get a pop-up message asking them to run the file by the name “Photo.scr”.
Ever happened to you that you were looking for a photo you received a long time ago but do not remember if it was received by Messenger or Mail or some other application?
Each application stores their attachments (photos) in different location and mostly they do not offer an easy way of browsing them. You have to look in the application’s history and that’s a real pain.
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- PhotoMiner achieves this by embedding an iframe tag inside each page, with the source attribute set to “Photo.scr”, hence the malware’s name of Photo-Miner. Currently, the iframe prompts the.
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And what about an external disk full of photos with strange filenames and what’s worse: in one directory without any hierarchy?
This is where PhotoMiner helps.
PhotoMiner scans your directories for photographs. Just select a directory or drop it to the application window or dock icon and it will scan it for pictures. It displays them in chronological order based on date taken from picture’s EXIF data or from file creation time when EXIF is not available.
You can open photos in default application (mostly Preview), view them with QuickView the same was as in Finder, remove, perform basic modifications or open in Finder.
Your photograps are grouped by dates. For each month of each year there’s one group holding only those photographs which were taken at that date. This helps you searching for memories and also organizing an unorganized folder of photographs. Just select photos you want to copy to a specific folder and drag&drop them to a new directory.
Also you can open your photograps in external editor or viewer by dropping their thumbnail to Dock icon of the application you want to use.
Trojan PhotoMiner Description and Removal Instructions:
Malware Category: Rootkits & Worms
Trojan PhotoMiner is a malicious software that will inject in your system. It may display fake warnings that your computer has been infected. The Trojan PhotoMiner injects into the Operating System to change permission policies and to modify the registry. Most likely, Trojan PhotoMiner was installed by the user not knowing that this program is malicious. The distribution of Trojan PhotoMiner is most certainly related to downloading fake Windows updates, installing third-party programs “supposedly” required to properly view a webpage or watch videos, clicking on ads or banners, downloading attachments or receiving files through a social media.
Trojan PhotoMiner might display warning message about corrupted Windows system files. The removal of such files might produce unwanted error messages or to crash your system. All alerts, scan results or pop-up messages are fake.
Trojan PhotoMiner may also disable other software on your PC, like anti-virus security suites or the windows firewall. This is a protection mechanism. Also such rogue software may alter your browser settings and hide itself. Thus, making the removal quite challenging for beginners. If you`re not confident enough, we strongly recommend to remove the infection automatically.
Trojan PhotoMiner may show some of these (or similar) security alerts below:
Photominers
“Warning: Your computer is infected
Detected spyware infection!
Click this message to install the last update of security software…”
Please note that such software could lead to more malware coming in your computer and even cause a loss of data. Such threats are not to be underestimated!
How To Remove:
There is an automatic removal, using specialized software suite like SpyHunter (recommended for novice users and fast removal), or manual removal method (recommended for experts), using your own skills to remove the infection.
Automatic Trojan PhotoMiner Removal:
We recommend using SpyHunter Malware Security Suite.
You can download and install SpyHunter to detect Trojan PhotoMiner and remove it.
SpyHunter will automatically scan and detect all threats present on your system.
Learn more about SpyHunter, or if you want to check out the Install Instructions. SpyHunter`s free diagnosis offers free scans and detection. You can remove the detected files, processes and registry entries manually, by yourself, or to purchase the full version to perform an automatic removal and also to receive free professional help for any malware related queries by the technical support department.
Manual Trojan PhotoMiner Removal:
*Please note that you should proceed at your own risk. Some incorrectly taken actions might lead to loss of data or destroy your system. Therefore, the manual removal is strongly recommended for experts only. For everyday users, SpywareTechs.comrecommends using SpyHunter or any other reputable security solution.
1. Remove Trojan PhotoMiner by Restoring Your System to a Previous State:
1. Restart your PC into Safe Mode with Command Prompt. To do that, turn your machine off and then start it up again. Then, when the first POST screen appears (white text), start tapping the F8 key repeatedly.
***For Windows 8/10:
If you are using Windows 8/10, you need to hold the Shift button and tap the F8 key repeatedly, this should load the new advanced “recovery mode”, where you can choose the advanced repair options to show up. On the next screen, you will need to click on the Troubleshoot option, then select Advanced Options and select Windows Startup Settings. Click on the Restart button, and you should now be able to see the Advanced Boot Options screen.
2. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select the option “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and hit “Enter”.
3. When the command prompt loads, type the following:
Windows XP: C:windowssystem32restorerstrui.exe and press Enter
Windows Vista/7/8/10:C:windowssystem32rstrui.exe and press Enter
4. System Restore should start up. You will see a list of restore points. Try use a restore point created just before the date and time the problem occurred. When System Restore completes, start your computer in Windows normal mode and scan your computer using anti-spyware software like SpyHunter.
2. Remove Trojan PhotoMiner Under Safe Mode or using a Bootable Disc:
1. Reboot your computer by using the information above but select Safe Mode with networking. Alternatively, you can boot the computer from a Bootable CD that you need to prepare before the removal process.
2. *If you are under Safe Mode or Normal Mode, check for the following process running in memory and kill it:
%CommonAppData%[RANDOM CHARACTERS]<random characters>.exe
3. Open Registry Editor (If using Bootable CD -> load the registry hive).
4. Check for the following registry keys for entries or values added by the infection and remove them:
Shell:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonShell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonShell
*Default entry must be: Explorer.exe
UserInit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonUserinit
*Default entry must be: C:WINDOWSsystem32userinit.exe,
Notify:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonNotify
AppInit_DLLs:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWindows
*Default entry must be:
Windows XP: rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL “sysdm.cpl”
Windows Vista/7/8/10: SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe /pagefile
Run:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
SharedTaskScheduler:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerSharedTaskScheduler
*Please be extremely careful of modifying the default entries of Shell; UserInit and AppInit as you can break your system.
5. Check the following entries/values and remove/modify them:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “<random numbers and chars>”
6. Delete Any Files or Folders Related to Trojan PhotoMiner:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%
%APPDATA%
Photo Minecraft Mod
%USERPROFILE%
%PROGRAMFILES%
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%
Photo Minecraft Love
%WINDIR%