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Daughter Company Norton (Avira Antivirus) also contains cryptominer
Last week we reported that Norton is now actively inserting a crypto miner in the Norton 360 security software suite. And it seems however that Norton (NortonLifeLock) really is keen on using your hardware and electricity as in their daughter company Avira Antivirus a similar scheme has been injected.
Avira has half a billion users worldwide at the time of writing. According to Brian Krebs, the service is primarily due to the fact that the antivirus is available for free. Other antivirus products began detecting the presence of a crypto miner embedded within the Avira installation in September, even though Avira Crypto was integrated to the software only a few months earlier in October. Brian Krebs has reached out to NortonLifeLock for comment, but has not yet received a response:
Founded in 2006, Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG is a German multinational software company best known for their Avira Free Security (a.k.a. Avira Free Antivirus). In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based NortonLifeLock Inc., the same company that now owns Norton 360.
In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp., which was renamed to NortonLifeLock in 2019. LifeLock is now included in the Norton 360 service; Avira offers users a similar service called Breach Monitor.
Like Norton 360, Avira comes with a cryptominer already installed, but customers have to opt in to using the service that powers it. Avira’s FAQ on its cryptomining service is somewhat sparse. For example, it doesn’t specify how much NortonLifeLock gets out of the deal (NortonLifeLock keeps 15 percent of any cryptocurrency mined by Norton Crypto). Google's Virustotal.com, now has detected the miner inside the anti-virus software, and tags it as a Trojan.Coinminer
Currently, the miner seems to be in opt-in status (voluntary), however, be aware that your electricity bill and hardware write-off will very likely cost you more than the benefit. Here's a tip: Remove the software and turn on Windows Defender.
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#5980879 Posted on: 01/10/2022 06:43 PM
i have being telling people to uninstall anti virus since 2008, you just need to know what you download and from where.. but i guess every person choose their favorite poison. The saddest part is that probably there are laptops with this crap preinstalled
i have being telling people to uninstall anti virus since 2008, you just need to know what you download and from where.. but i guess every person choose their favorite poison. The saddest part is that probably there are laptops with this crap preinstalled
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#5980881 Posted on: 01/10/2022 06:56 PM
Not everyone are as good at using computers as most users here at Guru3D. Look at how many times people get phished as an example. There are many fake websites that go to exceptional lengths to try and fool a user and have them attempt to log in with their details. For some, it can be very hard to notice that very slight error on a URL or it might be a URL that sounds convincing and plausible.
It doesn't hurt to have some basic protection, what is the problem are those that are supposed to be protecting such users are instead taking advantage just as much as a confidence trickster would.
i have being telling people to uninstall anti virus since 2008, you just need to know what you download and from where.. but i guess every person choose their favorite poison. The saddest part is that probably there are laptops with this crap preinstalled
Not everyone are as good at using computers as most users here at Guru3D. Look at how many times people get phished as an example. There are many fake websites that go to exceptional lengths to try and fool a user and have them attempt to log in with their details. For some, it can be very hard to notice that very slight error on a URL or it might be a URL that sounds convincing and plausible.
It doesn't hurt to have some basic protection, what is the problem are those that are supposed to be protecting such users are instead taking advantage just as much as a confidence trickster would.
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#5980886 Posted on: 01/10/2022 06:59 PM
It's been a number of years since I looked in to Antivirus and Malware software... So what do people recommend these days, I just want to see if things have changed much.
It's been a number of years since I looked in to Antivirus and Malware software... So what do people recommend these days, I just want to see if things have changed much.
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#5980889 Posted on: 01/10/2022 07:09 PM
Nothing. Just don't use admin account in godmode.
It's been a number of years since I looked in to Antivirus and Malware software... So what do people recommend these days, I just want to see if things have changed much.
Nothing. Just don't use admin account in godmode.
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Folks need to understand a corporation in general has no morality. Its motivations are to make profit. The only real tethers to common sense for a big corp is the consumer vote. And when they get so big they choke out competition, even that erodes which is how we end up with companies pushing products their consumers do not really want. It becomes a case of the tail wagging the dog.
I find smaller companies and independents can still be passionate about a good product and still have a morality. I personally try to stick with those when possible but that is often difficult.