Beware: some websites still using your computer to mine e-currency even you have closed it.

in malwarebytes •  7 years ago  (edited)

Reason why you need to know about this:

  • This can bypass the Adblocker.
  • Still working even when you have closed the browser.
  • Limited the CPU usage so you may hard to feel your computer is infested.

Not so worry:

  • Only work with the newest version of chrome on window 7 / 10.
  • You can check and stop it with Windows Task Manager.

Indicators of compromise:

  • 145.239.64.86,yourporn[.]sexy,Adult site
  • 54.239.168.149,elthamely[.]com,Ad Maven popunder
  • 52.85.182.32,d3iz6lralvg77g[.]cloudfront.net,Advertiser's launchpad
  • 54.209.216.237,hatevery[.]info,Cryptomining site

If you want to know more about this, please visit the malwarebytes blog.

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