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Re:Javascript Bitcoin Miner by vabole on Friday May 20, 2011 @01:22AM (#2566540)
I wonder when will the bitcoin mining viruses appear. If done stealthily they could use spare resources and fall back when other GPU/CPU intensive task is launched. Such virus could be quite profitable if it spread widely enough.
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Re:Javascript Bitcoin Miner by Groxx on Friday May 20, 2011 @02:46AM (#2566687)
And easily detectable by owning a laptop (that burning sensation isn't a UTI) or having fans in your computer (harder to tell if you live near an airport).
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Re:Javascript Bitcoin Miner by rmc on Friday May 20, 2011 @05:06AM (#2566993)
Since bitcoin mining is rapidly getting uneconomical on non-specialised hardware, if you control a botnet you probably get more money from the usual botnet activies like spamming or ddosing.
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