Pirate Bay & Crypto Currency Mining

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Pirate Bay & Crypto Currency Mining

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thaivisa.com/pirate-bay-hijacking-pc-nothing-can/24972/?utm_source=newsletter-20171014-0744&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

Could one or more of you tech savvy guys/girls tell us if this is for real?
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Sorry, can not link.
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Here's your link Luigi https://tech.thaivisa.com/pirate-bay-hi ... can/24972/

This is a more credible link, so it looks like it's true. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... o-opt-out/

You could try installing the NoScript plugin for your browser (if your browser supports it).

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this has been going on for a long time
Yes. Lots of sites do it. Some tell you, some don’t.
Instead of ads they use your cpu processing speed
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There's nothing you can do about it except stop using Pirate Bay... or after using Pirate Bay, shut down you computer then restart it.
You could be next.
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Cruisemonkey wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:30 am There's nothing you can do about it except stop using Pirate Bay... or after using Pirate Bay, shut down you computer then restart it.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... in-miners/
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Cool! Is there anything for Chrome?
You could be next.
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Is this even real?
Can some IT bod confirm this is actual happening?
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bangkokhooker wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:31 pm Is this even real?
Can some IT bod confirm this is actual happening?
Yeah I've seen java script embeded in some websites that makes calls to crypto mining pools. Mining is basically running a simple .bat file that points to a wallet address.
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