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An Ethereum fix for Nvidia GPUs to mine crypto better was actually malware.

An Ethereum fix for Nvidia GPUs to mine crypto better was actually malware.

A new tool released on GitHub advertised the ability to unlock the full Ethereum mining capabilities of recent Nvidia RTX graphics cards but contains malware. Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker, claims to remove Nvidia’s “Lite Hash Rate” software implemented in new graphics cards that are coming out nowadays, These features are used to deter crypto miners from buying gaming GPUs. But to get a way around it. People that installed the software, in turn, got malware.

On a Livestream on The Red Panda Mining channel on YouTube, members of the community shared that this tool contained many viruses. The tool doesn’t even perform the function it says it does, it does not remove the cap on the hash rate set for the GPU. It infects the system causing other unusual behavior like higher usage of the CPU, checking for drives, and other things that raise some red flags.

On Joe’s SandBox Cloud, they illustrate exactly how the malicious file spreads through a system upon installation.

Since Nvidia implemented Lite Hash Rate in graphics cards starting in mid-2021, there has been a huge demand for earlier RTX cards that don’t have a hash rate limitation. A tool that could lessen the demand by removing the limit from newer cards is a tempting proposition. But The thing is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

An Ethereum fix for Nvidia GPUs to mine crypto better was actually malware.

An Ethereum fix for Nvidia GPUs to mine crypto better was actually malware.

A new tool released on GitHub advertised the ability to unlock the full Ethereum mining capabilities of recent Nvidia RTX graphics cards but contains malware. Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker, claims to remove Nvidia’s “Lite Hash Rate” software implemented in new graphics cards that are coming out nowadays, These features are used to deter crypto miners from buying gaming GPUs. But to get a way around it. People that installed the software, in turn, got malware.

On a Livestream on The Red Panda Mining channel on YouTube, members of the community shared that this tool contained many viruses. The tool doesn’t even perform the function it says it does, it does not remove the cap on the hash rate set for the GPU. It infects the system causing other unusual behavior like higher usage of the CPU, checking for drives, and other things that raise some red flags.

On Joe’s SandBox Cloud, they illustrate exactly how the malicious file spreads through a system upon installation.

Since Nvidia implemented Lite Hash Rate in graphics cards starting in mid-2021, there has been a huge demand for earlier RTX cards that don’t have a hash rate limitation. A tool that could lessen the demand by removing the limit from newer cards is a tempting proposition. But The thing is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.