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RE: Ad Networks Could be Using Your Computer to Mine Cryptocurrencies Right Now

in #bitcoin7 years ago

Monero's price jump has really ruined a lot of things. There were some serious WordPress hacks that got publicized last month where people were stealing a ridiculous amount of hash rate. The whole CoinHive thing and these sorts of injections REALLY bug me because I work on laptops most of the time and am not of fan of my battery life disappearing.

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It's crazy. They don't even try to make it subtle it seems. I'd open my task manager and the CPU usage would be all over the place. It took me a good half day to find and get rid of it.