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  • disgusting: Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer

    From August Abolins@1:153/757 to All on Sat Jan 8 10:30:02 2022
    If Norton antivirus wasn't bad enough (and difficult to remove), this happens:

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/#mo re-57993

    https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/


    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Sat Jan 8 23:41:25 2022
    Hi August,

    On 2022-01-08 10:30:02, you wrote to All:

    If Norton antivirus wasn't bad enough (and difficult to remove), this happens:

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer
    /#mo re-57993

    https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/

    As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall sockets...


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Wilfred van Velzen on Sun Jan 16 13:42:00 2022
    Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

    ** On Saturday 08.01.22 - 23:41, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptomi
    ner /#mo re-57993

    https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/

    As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The
    user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe
    earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their
    cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how
    much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall
    sockets...

    People have been complaining that they can't even get their
    meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
    crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
    expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
    resources.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.51
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Sun Jan 16 21:33:00 2022
    Hi August,

    On 2022-01-16 13:42:00, you wrote to me:

    As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The
    user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe
    earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their
    cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how
    much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall
    sockets...

    People have been complaining that they can't even get their
    meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
    crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
    expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
    resources.

    If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use it, and Norton will loose their good name...

    Bye, Wilfred.
    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Wilfred van Velzen on Sun Jan 16 18:43:00 2022
    Hello Wilfred!

    ** On Sunday 16.01.22 - 21:33, you wrote:

    People have been complaining that they can't even get their
    meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
    crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
    expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
    resources.

    If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use it, and Norton will loose their good name...

    Or.. it will continue as [1] NEW people "discover" Norton for
    the 1st time, and [2] "discover" that payouts are futile, [3]
    either leave the brand/product in digust, and the cycle
    repeats, see [1].

    Meanhile, every individual little crypto gain is Norton's.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.51
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Wilfred van Velzen on Mon Jan 17 01:44:58 2022

    On 2022 Jan 16 21:33:00, you wrote to August Abolins:

    If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use it, and
    Norton will loose their good name...

    that was lost over a decade ago...

    )\/(ark

    "The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
    ... WAR DIMS HOPE FOR PEACE.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Mon Jan 17 09:56:40 2022
    Hi August,

    On 2022-01-16 18:43:00, you wrote to me:

    People have been complaining that they can't even get their
    meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
    crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
    expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
    resources.

    If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use
    it, and Norton will loose their good name...

    Or.. it will continue as [1] NEW people "discover" Norton for
    the 1st time, and [2] "discover" that payouts are futile, [3]
    either leave the brand/product in digust, and the cycle
    repeats, see [1].

    Norton can't afford to loose their good name... So they will stop this "service" if it will get too much bad rap...


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to mark lewis on Mon Jan 17 10:41:32 2022
    Hi mark,

    On 2022-01-17 01:44:58, you wrote to me:

    If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use
    it, and Norton will loose their good name...

    that was lost over a decade ago...

    Apparently not with the general public, otherwise they wouldn't be in business anymore...

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Wilfred van Velzen on Mon Jan 17 06:08:56 2022

    On 2022 Jan 17 10:41:32, you wrote to me:

    If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use
    it, and Norton will loose their good name...

    that was lost over a decade ago...

    Apparently not with the general public, otherwise they wouldn't be in business anymore...

    sheeple will be sheeple, ya know...

    )\/(ark

    "The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
    ... Spam the Miracle Meat: cheaper, more efficient & convenient than ham.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)