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Norton 360, which if memory serves has been a stalwart of the preinstall game now installs an opt-in Cryptominer. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360

Norton 360, which if memory serves has been a stalwart of the preinstall game now installs an opt-in Cryptominer. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/comment-page-1/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-wit...

pavlov 5y ago
Further evidence that crypto is truly a cancer on software.
- znpy 5y ago
  > Further evidence that crypto is truly a cancer on software. you might want to correct "crypto" with "cryptocurrency", at least
  - pavlov 5y ago
    Realistically that ship has sailed. It's like "GNU/Linux".
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  > truly a cancer on software. Possibly crypto, definitely a lot of AV software.
- panarky 5y ago
  Further evidence that free antivirus tools are malware.
- mrb 5y ago
  If Norton 360 installed Folding@home, would you call F@H a "cancer"? No, you wouldn't. The true cancer here is pre-installed antivirus software such as Norton.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    In this scenario, would Norton be taking a 15% cut?
    - mrb 5y ago
      Yes, what if they did? In fact what if they resold 100% of the F@H compute power to buyers? That argument doesn't lead where you want it to go. It's the antivirus companies that are rubbish.
      - drekk 5y ago
        Then it wouldn't be F@H, you'd be part of Norton's botnet. It's not just the AV companies, uTorrent had a controversy around the same thing. All about making a quick buck and crypto is enabling it by getting people to buy in to what is essentially a botnet
  - drekk 5y ago
    F@H is using the energy for something useful. I don't view the creation of a digital speculative asset as useful in the same way I view scientific research (something terribly underfunded as-is) Crypto is a cancer even when users voluntarily participate, but that's a separate discussion. It's incredibly inefficient and I distrust anyone downplaying the severity of fragmented commerce networks that individually use more energy than entire countries with millions of fungible flesh and blood humans.
- tata71 5y ago
  > Further evidence that crypto is truly a cancer on software. Yes, on the bastion of healthy software that is...third party antivirus(!?)

pavlov 5y ago

Further evidence that crypto is truly a cancer on software.

znpy 5y ago
> Further evidence that crypto is truly a cancer on software. you might want to correct "crypto" with "cryptocurrency", at least
- pavlov 5y ago
  Realistically that ship has sailed. It's like "GNU/Linux".
yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
> truly a cancer on software. Possibly crypto, definitely a lot of AV software.
panarky 5y ago
Further evidence that free antivirus tools are malware.
mrb 5y ago
If Norton 360 installed Folding@home, would you call F@H a "cancer"? No, you wouldn't. The true cancer here is pre-installed antivirus software such as Norton.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  In this scenario, would Norton be taking a 15% cut?
  - mrb 5y ago
    Yes, what if they did? In fact what if they resold 100% of the F@H compute power to buyers? That argument doesn't lead where you want it to go. It's the antivirus companies that are rubbish.
    - drekk 5y ago
      Then it wouldn't be F@H, you'd be part of Norton's botnet. It's not just the AV companies, uTorrent had a controversy around the same thing. All about making a quick buck and crypto is enabling it by getting people to buy in to what is essentially a botnet
- drekk 5y ago
  F@H is using the energy for something useful. I don't view the creation of a digital speculative asset as useful in the same way I view scientific research (something terribly underfunded as-is) Crypto is a cancer even when users voluntarily participate, but that's a separate discussion. It's incredibly inefficient and I distrust anyone downplaying the severity of fragmented commerce networks that individually use more energy than entire countries with millions of fungible flesh and blood humans.
tata71 5y ago
> Further evidence that crypto is truly a cancer on software. Yes, on the bastion of healthy software that is...third party antivirus(!?)