You really think the average non-technical user who leaves an AV preinstalled when they get a new system or are frightened into installing an AV is making a cho

You really think the average non-technical user who leaves an AV preinstalled when they get a new system or are frightened into installing an AV is making a choice when a cryptominer is bundled with their AV even if it is opt-in to activate it? The imperitive word that person on the forum post you quoted used is "hijacking" not intentionally and knowingly installing mining software.