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thewayneNorton bought LifeLock and is now Norton Lifelock, and now their Norton 360 product bundles an Ethereum cryptominer in their software!
And Norton takes 15% of what you mine.
So if you're not interested in mining ETH and use Norton, be very careful on your install to disable the mining aspect of the software. If you do want to mine ETH, install a proper miner and don't give Norton a cut unless you feel like contributing to a major corporation's profits. I'm sure they need the 15% more than you do.
Myself, I loved Norton Utilities when it first came out. Peter Norton was a genius. And when Symantec took it over, initially it was good. But it became bloatware and eventually worthless and I stopped using it and now won't touch it or recommend it. But to each their own.
LifeLock, for those not current on the company, claimed to be able to lock down your personal information online. They were so confident about their product that they drove advertising trucks around major cities across the USA with their CEO's Social Security Number prominently displayed. And his identity was stolen multiple times.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/
And Norton takes 15% of what you mine.
So if you're not interested in mining ETH and use Norton, be very careful on your install to disable the mining aspect of the software. If you do want to mine ETH, install a proper miner and don't give Norton a cut unless you feel like contributing to a major corporation's profits. I'm sure they need the 15% more than you do.
Myself, I loved Norton Utilities when it first came out. Peter Norton was a genius. And when Symantec took it over, initially it was good. But it became bloatware and eventually worthless and I stopped using it and now won't touch it or recommend it. But to each their own.
LifeLock, for those not current on the company, claimed to be able to lock down your personal information online. They were so confident about their product that they drove advertising trucks around major cities across the USA with their CEO's Social Security Number prominently displayed. And his identity was stolen multiple times.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/
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Date: 2022-01-08 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-08 07:52 pm (UTC)Yeah, between Symantec screwing up good products and Lifelock not doing that great of a job, there's no way I'd trust the combination of the two. And even moreso with this built-in cryptominer.
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Date: 2022-01-09 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-09 03:11 am (UTC)At least they don't default the crypto miner on. Small blessing there. But the fact that they include a miner at all, AND take a 15% cut, is definitely pretty scummy. AND there's a Part 2!
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Date: 2022-01-10 06:52 am (UTC)