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Dave Russo

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Would anyone tell me how do I know if I am being crypto mined and what is best protection?
Is a product called Black Fog being used by anyone here and if so what do you think ? Thanks
 
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motox781

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Can't comment on BlackFrog, but from my experience... most Antivirus apps are not friendly to crypto miners, both legit and not. If you haven't seen an alert yet, things are likely clean. 2nd opinion for peace of mind.

Other than that, POW miners are resource hogs. 1st place I'd check is task manager, CPU/mem usage. Check for anything out of the ordinary.
 

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Black Frog is not free, where this can be achieved for free or using the same methods you use to avoid adware, malware and other threats.

Your Adblocker has been able to block coin-hive since 2017.

 

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