Honeymining.co has an auto-downloading file that is Malware. Avoid them.

tmfp

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Quote from: Bitcoin_Arena on February 22, 2020, 04:33:30 AM

Quote from: tmfp on February 21, 2020, 07:30:42 PM

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Thanks for you input, just checked out Honeyminer.com and realized that Honeymining.co cloned their website and are trying to impersonate them. The files to be downloaded between the 2 websites are different

I also ran a virus total check on the file from Honeyminer.com and it has a couple of antivirus engines flagging it as a coinminer which sometime turns out to be a false postive.
I however don't know if their mining software actually works

I've dropped Honeyminer.com a message regarding this situation.
The real one's been going for a while and appears to be legitimately offering the chance of small earnings in exchange for "mining" time on your device.
The devs behind it seem to be well regarded and the whole STAX operation appears to have recently been bought out/merged.

https://www.bitcoininsider.org/article/75651/ai-firm-core-scientific-acquires-creator-mining-program-honeyminer

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Quote from: tmfp on February 21, 2020, 07:30:42 PM

-snip-

Thanks for you input, just checked out Honeyminer.com and realized that Honeymining.co cloned their website and are trying to impersonate them. The files to be downloaded between the 2 websites are different

I also ran a virus total check on the file from Honeyminer.com and it has a couple of antivirus engines flagging it as a coinminer which sometime turns out to be a false postive.
I however don't know if their mining software actually works

tmfp

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"Common rogue from Russia with a bare ass."

There is a legit service known as Honeyminer.
How profitable it is, and how much toll it takes on your computer, I can't comment.

The real Honeyminer's website is Honeyminer.com.

The blind link in this post directs to Honeymining.co.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD FROM THIS LINKED SITE.

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As long as the site contains information that could cause you to be vulnerable to hacking or spreading viruses, it is better to report it to mods and the topic will be deleted.
The topic violates the rules of the forum.
The promotion of the site has been misleading and contains a lot of anonymous information.

Bitcoin_Arena

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What happened: Honeymining website contains an auto-downloading file which is infected with malware

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/macfeer1-2763164
Newbie/Guest Flag: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1394 (Support/oppose)

ANN: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5226728
[Archived]: http://archive.fo/UAlHJ

Scammer's Website: https://honeymining.co
[Archived]: http://archive.fo/53CPm

44/70 Engines from Virustotal detected the so called miner as malware

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/dfe60d1da8de4733391a2787e2ebf8468b3375d320facbfbaf58853803676e16/detection

Additional Notes

What A joke!

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