It is popular among cybercriminals to employ crypto-mining malware to mine crypto using other people's computers.Īs we mentioned in the introduction, some security vendors detect the "Dropbox Update Setup" as an information-stealing malware. Software of this type uses computer hardware to mine cryptocurrency (which consumes more electricity and loads the system thereby rendering it unusable). Therefore, it can be assumed that this process belongs to a cryptocurrency miner. We have noticed that the "Dropbox Update Setup" process consumes lots of CPU resources. It has nothing to do with the file or process mentioned above. Dropbox is a legitimate file hosting service. After execution, it starts running in the Task Manager as "Dropbox Update Setup". The malicious file distributed via cracked software download pages is named "Setup.exe" (its name may vary). More about the Dropbox Update Setup virus However, some antiviruses detect it as an information stealer. It causes high CPU usage, which means it may be crypto-mining malware. We have inspected the downloaded "Setup.exe" file and found that it runs in the Task Manager as "Dropbox Update Setup".
We have discovered the Dropbox Update Setup while examining various cracked software distribution websites.
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