Norton Crypto, the controversial cryptomining feature of Norton 360 | allinfosecnews.com

Jan. 7, 2022, noon | Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs securityaffairs.co

Experts warn that the popular antivirus product Norton 360 has installed a cryptocurrency miner on its customers’ computers. Many users ignore that Norton 360 comes with a cryptomining feature, dubbed Norton Crypto, that could allow them to earn money mining Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle. Norton keeps a 15% of the mined cryptocurrency. […]

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