Subj : disgusting: Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 16 2022 01:42 pm

Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

** On Saturday 08.01.22 - 23:41, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptomi
 AA>> ner /#mo re-57993

 AA>> https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/

 WvV> As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The
 WvV> user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe
 WvV> earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their
 WvV> cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how
 WvV> much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall
 WvV> sockets...

People have been complaining that they can't even get their  
meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the  
crypto gains.  The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the  
expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer  
resources.

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