Topic: Stealthcoin - page 2. (Read 17981 times)
A GPU version would be cool.
Mining bitcoin with a CPU is a tragic waste of societies resources. Do you mop your floor with a paintbrush?
Otherwise, cool idea!
Otherwise, cool idea!
I run as administrator; it does not create directory nor service. Tested on a 32-bit Vista and it works fine, though.
Doesn't look like it works, tested on Win7 64-bit.
I've only tested it on Windows 7 32-bit and Windows XP. I'll install 64-bit on VMware and see what the problem is. If you can figure out exactly what parts aren't working, please let me know. Does it create the installation folder? Did you run it as administrator? Etc...
Thanks!
Doesn't look like it works, tested on Win7 64-bit.
No pooled mining support?
I can think of one way botnets could harm the network... botnets that solve blocks without any transactions do less good than miners who include transactions in their blocks.
Why does this matter? Normal transaction activity would increase the amount of traffic needed between botnet operator and his bots, the resource consumption increasing his odds of getting detected and found. If someone had 10,000 bots, his bots would have to be constantly getting work from him in order to properly include transactions in a block. He would be incentivized to program his botnet to solve empty blocks so he could skip the getwork overhead and only have to send out new work messages every 10 minutes on average, to tell his bots when to start working on a new block.
Why does this matter? Normal transaction activity would increase the amount of traffic needed between botnet operator and his bots, the resource consumption increasing his odds of getting detected and found. If someone had 10,000 bots, his bots would have to be constantly getting work from him in order to properly include transactions in a block. He would be incentivized to program his botnet to solve empty blocks so he could skip the getwork overhead and only have to send out new work messages every 10 minutes on average, to tell his bots when to start working on a new block.
Just run it when the computer isn't in use (nobody logged in)? I assume all 200 machines aren't in use 24/7. 
just call it botcoin miner and be done with it
Well, I have to admit, that is a catchier name.
Just wonder if I can lend some botnet resurces for this ))
No! Please don't! Stop!
Just wonder if I can lend some botnet resurces for this ))
Please don't use this for nefarious purposes. 
Well duh.
You just handed the botnetters a bitcoin miner on a platter ... just call it botcoin miner and be done with it.
Please don't use this for nefarious purposes.
Bitcoin: Botnet Edition
In a previous topic of mine, we talked about using a .vbs script to create a hidden instance of ufasoft's miner, which throttles well and stays out of the way. Nothing to install, doesn't trip any A/V. While I don't advocate doing this, he could stick it in a network share, and slap the vbs script into their login, or into startup folders. This is especially easy if you use Active Directory.
Can i use your code to setup a PPI campaign? 
EDIT: This thing trips all kinds of alarms on the antivirus
EDIT II : Just don't give the process/service names that are used by windows processes and the av stops complainting
EDIT: This thing trips all kinds of alarms on the antivirus
EDIT II : Just don't give the process/service names that are used by windows processes and the av stops complainting
You want to hide it's CPU usage?
Yes, that's why I named the project Stealthcoin. If someone sees 100% usage, which isn't a typical thing people see, they are going think something is going wrong and start bugging the administrator. Also, he wouldn't let me install a rootkit.
Just name it "System Idle Process". Nobody will be able to tell the difference.
You want to hide it's CPU usage?
Yes, that's why I named the project Stealthcoin. If someone sees 100% usage, which isn't a typical thing people see, they are going think something is going wrong and start bugging the administrator. Also, he wouldn't let me install a rootkit.
You want to hide it's CPU usage?
I tought you didn't want to impact the user!
Because... 99% CPU idling vs. 99% CPU on bitcoind, won't do any difference for the user.
You can rename the bitcoind.exe to AntiVirus.exe everybody will feel safer to see an hardworking A/V
I tought you didn't want to impact the user!
Because... 99% CPU idling vs. 99% CPU on bitcoind, won't do any difference for the user.
You can rename the bitcoind.exe to AntiVirus.exe everybody will feel safer to see an hardworking A/V
Running the Bitcoind process at the lowest priority will make the system more responsive because the shell gets priority use of the CPU. However, if you look at the Windows Task Manager, it will still show the CPU being maxed out which is what I'm trying to avoid.
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