Sunday, April 7, 2013

Skype trojan turns your computer into a Bitcoin miner - SlashGear

Skype trojan turns your computer into a Bitcoin miner - SlashGear: "here is a Skype trojan going around that is turning PCs into Bitcoin miners. So far, victims are mostly located in countries like Italy, Russia, Poland, Costa Rica, Spain, Germany, and a few others. Bitcoin Mining is a another way for users to acquire Bitcoin’s currency by “making computer hardware do mathematical calculations for the Bitcoin network to confirm transactions and increase security.”"

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