First it was The Pirate Bay, then Showtime was caught secretly using page visitor’s processing power to mine cryptocurrency as a form of alternative revenue.
First Check your CPU usage. If you have everything closed but CPU usage is still super high, then you may have a crypto mining malware problem.
Ad Blockers can help. Running an ad blocker can put a stop to this. Additionally, ad blocking software can also filter out known types of in-browser miners. One such mining script is called Coinhive, which isn’t necessarily malware.
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