Audiorecord.exe

In a bizarre twist, some poorly written coin miners have been discovered using audiorecord.exe as a decoy name. They rely on the fact that most users don't know what audio processes should look like, and they assume an audio tool wouldn't max out the CPU.

In the vast ecosystem of Windows processes, most users are familiar with the heavy hitters: explorer.exe , svchost.exe , or chrome.exe . But every so often, a process appears in Task Manager that stops you in your tracks. One such name is audiorecord.exe . audiorecord.exe

If you find this process running on a laptop, right-click the Speaker icon in the system tray. If a Realtek or OEM-specific menu appears, the executable is likely a benign driver component. In a bizarre twist, some poorly written coin