{"id":55614,"date":"2022-01-10T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T13:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55614"},"modified":"2025-09-04T02:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:26:13","slug":"avira-antivirus-adds-ethereum-mining-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/avira-antivirus-adds-ethereum-mining-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Avira antivirus adds Ethereum mining software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Avira&#8217;s antivirus now includes software for mining Ethereum. Previously, Norton 360 had implemented a similar capability.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in the Krebs on Security blog, Avira now ships with a pre-installed cryptominer, but customers must consent to its use.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, users complained that the miner embedded in the popular Norton 360 antivirus starts up without explicit permission.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Norton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Norton<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHackersNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@TheHackersNews<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WIRED?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@WIRED<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CondeNast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@CondeNast<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hacks4pancakes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@hacks4pancakes<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwiftOnSecurity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@SwiftOnSecurity<\/a><br \/>Norton is installing a Cryptocurrency miner called Norton Crypto (NCrypt.exe) on end user systems with out so much as a dialogue during the install of its security product.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxius (@mAxius) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mAxius\/status\/1476968324672204801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to users, the miner is also extremely difficult to disable.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, NortonLifeLock, the company that owns Norton 360, announced the acquisition of Avira.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The ability to mine cryptocurrency in Avira was announced in October. <\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>To mine more profitably, users <a href=\\\"https:\/\/support.avira.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4407469485585-What-is-Avira-Crypto-\\\">are invited to<\/a> join a pool \u2014 the rewards are shared equally among all participants.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>As with Norton 360, Avira takes a 15% mining fee.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Brian Krebs, there are signs that Avira uses the same cryptocurrency miner code as Norton Crypto. The antivirus is used by more than 500 million people worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>NortonLifeLock <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/norton-to-offer-secure-ethereum-mining\">announced the launch<\/a> Norton Crypto for Ethereum mining in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avira&#8217;s antivirus now includes software for mining Ethereum. 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