How to remove malware from Linux?

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First Name Last Name2020-12-03 15:28:15

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First Name Last Name, 2020-12-03 15:28:15

Hello, I downloaded one game from ThePirateBay site, and lately, my laptop started to shut down for a long time. Before, when I turned it off, it instantly turned off, but now I have to wait 3-5 minutes. And I began to suspect that it was the Miner, so how to remove the Miner from Linux Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)?

And for those who want to write "If you want to play, then go to Windows", I downloaded the game just for testing Wine and PlayOnLinux.

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Sergey Pankov, 2020-12-03
@trapwalker

The universal answer is to reinstall the system. If you were stupid enough to run the left code under the superuser, then it is impossible to be sure that you have completely cut out all the malicious artifacts.
It's easier and faster to completely reinstall the system.
The home directory can be backed up completely (if you don’t get used to running something from it under root), otherwise you need to take only documents and settings.
You can clone the entire file system into a mounted file, so that later you can get what you forgot to back up.

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Vladimir Korotenko, 2020-12-03
@firedragon

There are no viruses under Linux!
Anyone knows this!
But still follow this advice :)
Is there an analogue of sfc for Linux?

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justhostRU, 2020-12-03
@justhostRU

only restore the system from a backup completely

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Oleg Volkov, 2020-12-05
@voleg4u

The miner is calculated simply - by the consumed processor. It is cleaned no less easily, if a rootkit has not been caught. But this is unlikely - the WINE was mentioned, which means that the Linux rootkit is no longer available. In VINE, until you start something, it will not run. It is unlikely that you prescribed autostart for the game.
Look at what linux is hanging on when you exit - honestly everything is written on the console.