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Norton 360 antivirus will soon mine cryptocurrency (engadget.com)
2 points by _qxjp 1844 days ago
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And they'll even cut you a share of the results!

Wonder if the other products have been doing this for a while, and if not, why not. Imagine telling a board of directors meeting about the idea of hiding a cryptominer in your antivirus scanner last year; then trying to explain why its a bad idea.

Crypto is everywhere in the News... Yet, Bitcoin and DogeCoin can't regain the top spot...