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Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer
Jan. 6, 2022, 5:26 p.m. | BrianKrebs
Security Boulevard securityboulevard.com
Norton 360, one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers' computers. Norton's parent firm says the cloud-based service that activates the program and enables customers to profit from the scheme -- in which the company keeps 15 percent of any currencies mined -- is "opt-in," meaning users have to agree to enable it. But many Norton users complain the mining program is difficult to remove, and reactions from …
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