Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer
Summary: Norton 360, owned by NortonLifeLock, installed a cryptocurrency mining program called Norton Crypto that mines Ethereum while the customer's computer is idle, keeping 15 percent of any currencies mined. NortonLifeLock says the feature is opt-in and can be disabled by temporarily shutting off tamper protection and deleting NCrypt.exe, but many users reported difficulty removing the program and trouble withdrawing earnings due to coin mining and gas fees.
What's compelling: A security product running coin-mining software with high privileges, keeping 15 percent of mined currency while users absorb the electricity costs, inverts the trust customers place in antivirus software - and longtime customers on the Norton forum said it caused them to no longer trust the company.
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