500M Avira antivirus users introduced to cryptomining

Re:500M Avira antivirus users introduced to cryptomining by justgrepit on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:22AM (#29860800)

Outrage nonsense alert.

What you wrote, who bought who and why, is 100% incorrect. Even company relationships are wrong.

Sole intention part...this is simply made up, conspiracy style. Where do you keep pulling this from?

Get facts first, opinions second, or based on your logic, ideally never.

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Re:500M Avira antivirus users introduced to cryptomining by commoner on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:15AM (#29861709)

NortonLifeLock (the name of what used to be Symantec's consumer security divison) acquired Avira in December 2020.[1]

NortonLifeLock merged with Avast PLC in August 2021, with the combined company retaining the NortonLifeLock name.[2]

The Verge tried out Norton Crypto and found its 15% fee to be much higher than the 1-2% fee typically taken by mining pool operators. The tester broke even after (off-peak) electricity expenses, with NortonLifeLock capturing all of the profits.[3]

[1] https://investor.nortonlifelock.com/About/Investors/press-re...

[2] https://www.zdnet.com/article/nortonlifelock-and-avast-plc-t...

[3] https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/7/22869528/norton-crypto-min...

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Re:500M Avira antivirus users introduced to cryptomining by junon on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:35AM (#29861139)

Okay, so what's the truth, then? Since you seem to be much better informed.

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