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Topic: Mining rig hide in a flash update (Read 136 times)

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October 13, 2018, 11:54:05 AM
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Thanks to both of your opinions, if I could only give you a credit with it I must, to affair the right thing giving a solution to the said topic.
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October 13, 2018, 05:52:40 AM
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Nowadays hacking seems so promising for hacker, they even made it invisible to the naked eye of computer normal user, like me, nevertheless these hacking activity required novice skills to track, do you know how they hide their software,?using fake flash update inside of some flash update are mining software that will sure slowly kill your CPU ram GPU(if you have one) and will make your computer less valuable at it becomes slower and slower as the day pass by.

What your thoughts about this bitcointalkers?

I too had a similar kind of attack from Coinhive miner script and I don't know how it came inside my computer even after having a licensed version of internet security package. However, I found an easy solution to it by adding a crome extension known as antiminer blocker.

First I had to clean my laptop by running a full scan and I found few exceptions to be quarantined. Once that is done, I installed anti miner blocker extension in my crome. See the below picture below to install the correct one,



It is an one time solution for any mining malware on your laptop. It is free and worked like magic! Such kind of nonsense miner indeed kills your laptop and increases your electricity bills.
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October 13, 2018, 05:29:58 AM
#2
Nowadays hacking seems so promising for hacker, they even made it invisible to the naked eye of computer normal user, like me, nevertheless these hacking activity required novice skills to track, do you know how they hide their software,?using fake flash update inside of some flash update are mining software that will sure slowly kill your CPU ram GPU(if you have one) and will make your computer less valuable at it becomes slower and slower as the day pass by.

What your thoughts about this bitcointalkers?

Hiding mining by using user browser or malware which install some app on user device is pretty popular for some time. It can significantly affect the preformance of the infected device, and in some cases even damage user hardware, mostly CPU. Because of that any user who want to stay safe should have good antivirus+firewall updated on a regular basis, most of today's AV will block any false applications to install or to mine without the user's permission.

There are also some other ways how user can prevent mining scripts to run in browsers, from extensions for most popular browsers or by blocking such sites in host file. Of course it is important to pay attention what is downloaded from the Internet, mining malware is much more dangerous and it is not so easy for removal.

More info how to protect your device : 7 Easy Ways To Block Cryptocurrency Mining In Your Web Browser
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October 13, 2018, 04:44:47 AM
#1
Nowadays hacking seems so promising for hacker, they even made it invisible to the naked eye of computer normal user, like me, nevertheless these hacking activity required novice skills to track, do you know how they hide their software,?using fake flash update inside of some flash update are mining software that will sure slowly kill your CPU ram GPU(if you have one) and will make your computer less valuable at it becomes slower and slower as the day pass by.

What your thoughts about this bitcointalkers?
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