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Major brand security software bundling cryptominers is a thing now?

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:16 pm
by barbaz
First Norton, then Avira - https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/10/avira ... s-as-well/

Umm. Aren't cryptominers usually added by malware, i.e. the very thing these softwares are intended to BLOCK??

Well, at least it sounds like user can just turn these ones off.

Re: Major brand security software bundling cryptominers is a thing now?

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:03 pm
by therube
Mozilla's in the game too, Mozilla backflips on accepting crypto after ‘planet-incinerating’ backlash.

dslreports: Norton 360 inbuilt crypto miner difficult to delete.


Yep, I long, long ago turned off antivirus.
Instead, I use NoScript ;-).