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Author Topic: CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee  (Read 1871 times)

renluop

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CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee
« on: December 14, 2017, 10:52:07 AM »

In Google news was this. Apparently people's computers' CPUs are being used unwittingly to mine for crypto currencies.
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Re: CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2017, 03:05:08 PM »

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Unfortunately, according to Bleeping Computer, some cryptojackers have been using a simple piece of JavaScript to open a tiny hidden window behind a user’s taskbar. If the user just shuts down the window they’re browsing in and doesn’t close the full application, mining could persist indefinitely.

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Re: CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2017, 03:37:24 PM »

I hear the reason is because advertising isn't generating enough income.
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Re: CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2018, 08:52:33 AM »

So the answer is not to allow separate pop-up windows (I don't), and always use a flexible ad-blocker which can also include mining code in its block-list databases. I use 1Blocker for iOS Safari which seems to do a good job and is even extensible in that you can add user-defined block rules for additional annoying elements. The latter feature is driven by an excellent ‘annoying element selector’ visual user interface which takes away the time-wasting nightmare of having to write block rules by hand in some language or other (maybe CSS or something akin to it plus addition stuff) and get them right.
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Re: CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2018, 09:54:22 AM »

I simply do not use free wi-fi anywhere. I simply do not understand why people have to use their phones etc all the time  :-X

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Re: CPU hijacking by miners, while you quaff your coffee
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2018, 10:24:19 AM »

The recent release of Opera 50 builds in protection against mining. This is in addition to the ad blocking that has been built in for a while now. (I whitelist kitz.co.uk.)
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