Nslookup.exe using lots of CPU and hiding when opening Task Manager

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Hello!For some time already I've noticed a strange behavior from my computer. Namely the fan speed goes up and I understand something is taking the computing power. When opening Task Manager, it wont show anything but CPU usage dropping sharply and fan slows down. After closing TM, the fan speed goes up again.I did some research and downloaded Process Lasso which showed me that a process called nslookup.exe is using lots of CPU but stops doing that as I open TM, and after closing TM it gets back using the CPU. Now I've read some other threads here and it could possibly be a well hidden miner b

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