I wouldn't worry. This is typical behaviour of malware / AV. Malware authors did the same with Bitcoin mining where they pack the software along with malware. Malware authors are smart in that they simply pack working mining apps along with the malware so Antivirus companies write signatures and the mining app is flagged.
So 99% chance this is a false positive. This is actually great news, it means Malware authors are bothered enough to pack in Claymore to earn ether I guess ethereum really is starting to take hold haha.
Do you mind listing what A/V software flagged it?
No worries, we're all here to help.
I recommend downloading Claymore miner instead of ethminer, it's faster and easier to setup, more stable, and generally as much or more (coins) as etheminer.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.0
Most instruction on what you need to do to get started is listed there but I'll attempt to clear things up.
1. Pick an mining pool (I recommend ethermine for the lack of fees but nanopool is also a decent alternative).
2. Download and extract the Claymore files to a folder. Edit the file "start.bat" and add the following:
setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool us1.ethermine.org:4444 -ewal "mining address, the address generated by MyEtherWallet".NameOfMiner -epsw x
Paste in your wallet address between the quotes and keep the dot between it and the name of the miner. This will show up on ethermine.org (your pooled mining pool).
Launch start.bat (create a shortcut of the batch file to your desktop, rename it to Claymore_start or whatever you want).
At ethermine.org paste in your wallet address in the filed located at the top right of the page, this will list for you stats about your miner (hashing speeds, etc).
I wrote this very quickly from memory and have to run but if you have any questions let us know. That's really it!
ah, gotcha.
one of my 390 is in the daily driver PC im typing on and in a nzxt h2 case with decent-but-not-great airflow so it hits 70C (vrms @ 79C) @ 43% fan. house is climate controlled to 71F (gotta love geothermal hvac).
the other 390 and the 380 are free air suspended via zipties and extenders from a workbench shelf in the basement and run very low 70sC @ 45ish% (unsure of vrms as its ubuntu on that rig) in the unfinished basement which is 65F more or less.
the basement rig dual mines eth and dcr with claymore, the daily driver does not, which is why the basement rig runs pretty much same temps as the desktop. the basement rig ran 65C @ 42-43% eth only as I recall.
happiness is lots of space to spread the heat out heh.
EDIT: the two 390s are sapphire nitros each with 3 80mm fans. the 380 is a sapphire nitro 380itx with a single 92mm. all are pretty quiet at < 50% fan. WAF factor (primarily noise) was big in deciding to go with sapphires, plus in my btc days they were problem free.
Weird, I've never not been able to tweak a 290 or 390 with MSI Afterburner under Windows 10. The only card that was stubborn was a Sapphire 380 (no voltage controls). If Linux works who cares, probably a better solution anyway!
FYI to all here using Radeons.
The latest AMD beta driver works just fine with Claymore miner. I'm mining at full speed under Windows 10 on my new 290 build with 3 out of 5 cards so far. This is good news as it probably means we'll have Polaris working at launch
Hashrate @pool after 24h mean nothing!
Mining a hash is pure LUCK, reported pool hash is also pure luck, you need to have 100x more hash power and mine a week to get it right!
Nice, thank you for doing that. I haven't tried Genoil's fork yet.
Hashrate @pool after 24h mean nothing!
Mining a hash is pure LUCK, reported pool hash is also pure luck, you need to have 100x more hash power and mine a week to get it right!
No problem. Though I have to report that 16.6.1 was a failure for me. I updated to that driver and immediately lost ~4 MH/s on the Genoil and Claymore miners. Urgh.
. . . okay. So I need 200 r9 290s running at identical settings to get a reliable average? Sorry, not gonna happen even in my wildest dreams.
Thanks for taking the time providing the link and writeup. I will check this out later on
Yeah, wasn't worried about it being a virus - was more concerned about it stopping the process and quarantining the files last night.
Windows Defender.
I apologize for what is likely a very noob question, but, once I create a wallet here, how do I begin the actual mining process with something like ethminer? I need to point it to the wallet I created at MyEtherWallet right? I tried to research myself, but there are tons of guides for different things.
I haven't tried but yes it should work. Claymore is supposed to work with any pool that supports stratum protocol, and the suprnova page indicates stratum is supported on ports 3000 and 3030.Will claymore miner work on suprnova.cc?
I've been running version 4.2 for a month with no issues and it passes my ESET antivirus scan, but I just checked and all the newer versions do set it off. Most likely a false positive.Also, Avast reports malware. Is this safe/false positive? Got it from the mega link.
Possible the TIM is dried out or the cooler isn't sitting correctly on the chip?
Well, one of the four refurb Sapphire 290s I got from Newegg is no good. It pretty much immediately goes up to 94C even with 100% fan. Now I have to decide what to do about it. I could ghetto water it, but that's kind of a pain to do with high density mining.
Yup that would be my guess. It almost feels like these refurbs were 2014 models they were planning to throw away before mining became a thing.
Doubt it. Mining was already big before 2014 and that's a lot of inventory to sit on and money to waste by just throwing them out. The blower fans look (and sound) brand new on them. All but one of my cards look brand new, only one has minor scratches. At the very least I think it's very likely they replaced the fans and probably just messed up or missed repasting some of them.