Marshall Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 Hello, I'm very interested to know if EAM protect me enough against cryptocurrency mining malware ? I only find this old this old blog (October,11, 2017) https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/28817/cryptocurrency-mining-malware/, but I don't know if since this date there are some changes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 Cryptocurrency miners are fairly well detected. I would believe they mostly just use pre-existing mining software, and use a trojan to sneak it onto someone's computer without their knowledge, so detecting them is usually fairly easy. Unfortunately this does mean that EAM has to detect any legitimate mining software, since it could always be bundled with malware for the purposes of using your hardware to mine for someone else's profit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted May 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 8 hours ago, GT500 said: Cryptocurrency miners are fairly well detected. I would believe they mostly just use pre-existing mining software, and use a trojan to sneak it onto someone's computer without their knowledge, so detecting them is usually fairly easy. Unfortunately this does mean that EAM has to detect any legitimate mining software, since it could always be bundled with malware for the purposes of using your hardware to mine for someone else's profit. Hello @GT500 Tanks for your help. On the previous Jareth' blog I read that "No Coin" browser extension is very helpful. Is this still true ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 13 hours ago, Marshall said: On the previous Jareth' blog I read that "No Coin" browser extension is very helpful. Is this still true ? Most ad blockers will block cryptominers as well, so specialized extensions for it aren't necessarily needed. I know uBlock Origin started blocking them almost immediately after CoinHive started to be exploited (although it appears to be one of the third-party filter lists that are enabled by default that are blocking it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted May 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 16 hours ago, GT500 said: Most ad blockers will block cryptominers as well, so specialized extensions for it aren't necessarily needed. I know uBlock Origin started blocking them almost immediately after CoinHive started to be exploited (although it appears to be one of the third-party filter lists that are enabled by default that are blocking it). Hi @GT500 Thanks for these explanations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 You're welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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