What is sgminer.exe?

sgminer.exe is part of SG Miner and developed by Open Source according to the sgminer.exe version information.

sgminer.exe's description is "SG Miner"

sgminer.exe is digitally signed by LLC "LPP SOFT".

sgminer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\cpuminer\sgminer\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected sgminer.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on sgminer.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSG Miner
Company nameOpen Source
File descriptionSG Miner
Internal namesgminer.exe
Original filenamesgminer.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2015
Product version5.1
File version5.1.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSG Miner
Company nameOpen Source
File descriptionSG Miner
Internal namesgminer.exe
Original filenamesgminer.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2015
Product version5.1
File version5.1.1

Digital signatures [?]

sgminer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameLLC "LPP SOFT"
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO RSA Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number00ab0a3c79bb4c61dba2eca68cabe65da5

VirusTotal report

19 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sgminer.exe file. That's a 33% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.BitCoinMiner
Avast Multi:BitCoinMiner-B [PUP]
Avira TR/BitCoinMiner.2749752
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.BY
DrWeb Trojan.BtcMine.747
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe
Fortinet Riskware/BitCoinMiner
GData Win32.Trojan.Agent.6NF8BF
Ikarus Trojan.BitCoinMiner
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004bf5531 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004bf5531 )
McAfee Artemis!4A1F5BF407B0
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.7a9
Symantec Trojan.Gen
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
19 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the sgminer.exe file.

sgminer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove sgminer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the sgminer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that sgminer.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate sgminer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the sgminer.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate sgminer.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\cpuminer\sgminer\sgminer.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the sgminer.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If sgminer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If sgminer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If sgminer.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that sgminer.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54a1f5bf407b00a97d62279c57ccf74e5
SHA2560f90c31de06e523cd681c535882f31dea5dabddcd769fca1accdbd50ad622ef4

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to sgminer.exe:

sgminer.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

sgminer.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

SG Miner has stopped working.

End Program - sgminer.exe. This program is not responding.

sgminer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

sgminer.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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