Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU-draining mining ads

Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by pentagonpapers on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:44AM (#16473696)

I would rather trade my gpu power than get ads

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by hiccuphippo on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:54AM (#16473787)

I do trade some cpu power in exchange for no ads thanks to ublock origin.

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by xxs on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:51AM (#16473762)

I take it you don't have a powerful one that drains 150W. I can trivially hear the fans (GPU or CPU) if someone site attempts to over-utilize the available hardware resources.

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by 2aa07e2 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:15AM (#16474012)

I don't see a problem with heating the room in the winter. [1]

[1] https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/2184

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by gruez on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:25AM (#16474130)

heating via electricity is less efficient (cost wise) than via natural gas.

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by enord on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:47AM (#16474408)

Thats the point.

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by 2aa07e2 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:35AM (#16474240)

Heating with nuclear energy is even more.

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by pitaj on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @11:00AM (#16474589)

I don't think GPU mining is the browser is available. There's no WebCL or anything like that yet.

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Re:Ad network uses advanced malware technique to conceal CPU... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @07:57PM (#16479752)

IIRC someone demonstrated mining via WebGL but I don't know if it was practical/more effective than CPU-mining.

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