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Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - SBxzjz - Apr 21, 2026
When asyncrat cilent is running with remote desktop or webcam features, the CPU usage in task manager is incredibly high, make it so obvious to find out, is there any way to lower the CPU usage without abolish the function? Or is there a way to hide its presence in task manager?
RE: Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - PitbullT0r - Apr 21, 2026
Are you experiencing the same issue with a specific bot, or does it happen with others?
This issue depends heavily on the bot's hardware.
RE: Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - SBxzjz - Apr 21, 2026
(Apr 21, 2026 01:30 AM)PitbullT0r Wrote: Are you experiencing the same issue with a specific bot, or does it happen with others?
This issue depends heavily on the bot's hardware.
This issue is happening with the other bots too (I tested it with my own PC), when plugin like remote desktop or webcam is on, the CPU increase to 10-15%, normally is just like 0.2%
RE: Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - PitbullT0r - Apr 21, 2026
(Apr 21, 2026 01:38 AM)SBxzjz Wrote: This issue is happening with the other bots too (I tested it with my own PC), when plugin like remote desktop or webcam is on, the CPU increase to 10-15%, normally is just like 0.2%
Yes, thats pretty normal because requires a lot of HW resources.
RE: Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - DramaKing - Apr 21, 2026
Name the file something inconspicuous, use r77, or inject into a legitimate process.
RE: Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - Tyrone Johnson - Apr 21, 2026
Given it starts a separate thread for capturing these images, and then applies a video codec to each frame this should not be a surprise. Could it be better optimized? Sure.
Either way, I'm not sure why you are concerned. 10% CPU usage from an application is not going to raise suspicion or make a user want to terminate the process.
Surely the file is not named "AsyncClient.exe" on their desktop.
RE: Hiding the asyncrat cilent in Task Manager - x64assembler - Aug 27, 2026
(Apr 21, 2026 12:55 AM)SBxzjz Wrote: When asyncrat cilent is running with remote desktop or webcam features, the CPU usage in task manager is incredibly high, make it so obvious to find out, is there any way to lower the CPU usage without abolish the function? Or is there a way to hide its presence in task manager?
Either use assembly information to hide your process as under something legit or a rootkit